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Michelle Edith-Hager (née ''Capes'', born 3 October 1966) is an Australian
field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
player who competed in the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
and in the
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...
. In the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
she won a gold medal as part of the Australian national hockey team.


Personal life

Michelle married fellow Australian hockey Olympian
Mark Hager Mark William Hager (born 28 April 1964) is a retired Australian field hockey player, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country. After the fourth place in 1988 he won the bronze medal with ''The Kookaburras'' at the 1996 Summer O ...
. Her sister Lee Capes, brother-in-law Michael Nobbs and niece
Kaitlin Nobbs Kaitlin Nobbs (born 24 September 1997) is an Australian field hockey player. She has played for the Australian national team, the Hockeyroos. Early life Nobbs is the daughter of Australian field hockey players Michael Nobbs and Lee Capes. He ...
also represented the nation at the games.


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* 1966 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia Sportspeople from Fremantle 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub