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Tamsin Hinchley (née Barnett, born 10 March 1980) is a retired Australian indoor and beach volleyball player. Born in
Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...
, Hinchley was on the Australian indoor squad at the
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. At the
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and
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, Hinchley partnered with
Natalie Cook Natalie Louise Cook (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medallist. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games. Early life Cook was born in T ...
in
beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...
where they finished 5th and 19th, respectively. Hinchley and Cook also partnered on the
Swatch FIVB World Tour The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the ' (Fédération ...
, and Hinchley was named the World Tour's most improved player in 2007.


Personal life

Tamsin is married to Al Hinchley. They have three children, a son and two daughters.


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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinchley, Tamsin 1980 births Living people Australian women's volleyball players Australian women's beach volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Australia Olympic beach volleyball players for Australia Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from South Australia Volleyball players from Adelaide 21st-century Australian sportswomen Australian expatriate volleyball players in Germany