Tamsin Hinchley (née Barnett, born 10 March 1980) is a retired Australian indoor and beach volleyball player. Born in

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, Hinchley was on the Australian indoor squad at the

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. At the

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and

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, 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 ...

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where they finished 5th and 19th, respectively. Hinchley and Cook also partnered on the

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, 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