Patricia Heberle is an international field hockey player, coach and administrator whose involvement has spanned the

Australia women's national field hockey team The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, they are one of A ...

and

England women's national field hockey team The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge. Histo ...

. She played international hockey from 1983 to 1986. She held international coaching roles for Australia and England from 1994 to 2004, and has been a High Performance Administrator from 2005 to 2014. In 2018, she was unveiled as Team Ireland's

Chef de Mission In diplomatic usage, head of mission (HOM) or chief of mission (COM) from the French "chef de mission diplomatique" (CMD) is the head of a diplomatic representation, such as an ambassador, high commissioner, nuncio, chargé d'affaires, permanen ...

for the

2020 Olympic Games The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

International playing career

1983 Women's Hockey World Cup The 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 10 April to 23 April in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated Canada 4–2 in the fin ...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - bronze medal *

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

Los Angeles, USA - 4th *

1986 Women's Hockey World Cup The 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, an international field hockey tournament. It was held from 15 to 24 August 1986 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Netherlands won the tournament for the fourth tim ...

Amstelveen, Netherlands - 6th

International coaching career

Tricia has been involved in success at the highest level of international hockey tournaments in coaching/assistant coaching roles including with the following tournaments: *1994 World Cup (AUS women) Dublin, IRE - gold medal *1995 Champions Trophy (AUS women) Mar del Plata, ARG - gold medal *1996 Olympic Games (AUS women) Atlanta, USA - gold medal *1997 Champions Trophy (AUS women) Berlin, GER - gold medal *1998 World Cup (AUS women) Utrecht, NED - gold medal *

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

(AUS women) Kuala Lumpur, MAS - gold medal *1999 Champions Trophy (AUS women) Brisbane, AUS - gold medal *1999 Oceania Cup (AUS women) Sydney, AUS - gold medal *2000 Champions Trophy (AUS women) Amstelveen, NED - bronze medal *

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

(AUS women) Sydney, AUS - gold medal *2001 World Cup Qualifier (ENG women) Amiens, FRA - gold medal *

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

(ENG women) Manchester, ENG - silver medal *2002 World Cup (ENG women) Perth, AUS - 5th *2002 Champions Trophy (ENG women) Macau, CHN - 6th *2002 Champions Challenge (ENG women) Randburg, RSA - gold medal *2003 Champions Trophy (ENG women) Sydney, AUS - 5th

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heberle, Tricia 1959 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportswomen