Renita Maree Farrell-Garard AM (born 30 May 1972 in Townsville, Queensland) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. She made her international debut in 1994, and co-captained the winning Atlanta side.
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Full name | Renita Maree Farrell-Garard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Townsville, Queensland, Australia | 30 May 1972||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She is married to Gerry Garard, father of Brendan Garard, a field hockey player who claimed the bronze medal at the men's competition in Atlanta, Georgia.[citation needed]
Farrell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours[1] and the Australian Sports Medal in June 2000.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Renita Maree Farrell". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Renita Garard, OAM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
External links edit
- Renita Garard at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Renita Garard at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 March 2018)
- Renita Garard at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 March 2017)
- Renita Farrell at Olympics.com
- Renita Farrell at Olympic.org (archived)
- Renita Farrell-Garard at Olympedia
- Renita Farrell-Garard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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