Juliet Haslam

Career

Haslam celebrated her 200th game for Australia in the 1999 Oceania Cup against New Zealand. Club Hockey

Juliet started playing hockey at the age of 10. State Hockey

She played in junior state and under age Australian teams.

International Hockey

Juliet first played for Australia in 1989 and retired after the 2000 Sydney Olympics having played 220 games for Australia.

Playing in 6 Champions Trophy Tournaments from 1989 - 1999 winning 5 of those tournaments(1991,1993,1995,1997,1999)

Competing in her first Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and finishing 5th

1994 - World Cup - Ireland - Gold

1996 - Olympic Gold medal - Atlanta

1998 - World Cup - Holland - Gold

1998 - Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur - Gold (Company-Captain)

2000 - Olympic Games Gold - Sydney

At the 2000 Olympics, Juliet scored a goal in the gold medal decider in her final match before retiring. Juliet is actively involved in the community serving in a number of ways.

She has been on the Board of Hockey Société Anonyme since early 2013. She is an ambassador to the Premier"s Reading Challenge, Roger Rasheed foundation which helps give kids a sporting chance, and Portuguese Adelaide Football Club.

In 1996, she was named the Telstra"s Player"s Player Award and inducted into Australian Sporting Hall of Fame.

Also in 1997, she was awarded SASI Female Athlete of the Year. In 2000, she was awarded:

Société Anonyme Great Female Athlete of the Year

SASI Female Athlete of the Year

Société Anonyme Great Sports Star of the Year

In 2004, Juliet was named Société Anonyme Greatest Ever Hockey Player. In 2013, she was named in the Australian women"s hockey team of the century.

Achievements

• She was a member of the Australia women"s national field hockey team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1995, Juliet was the Captain of the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Suns that won the national championship. Her achievements include: As part of the Australia Day honours in January 1997, Juliet was given the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to sport as a Gold Medalist at the Atlanta Olympic Games. In 2010, Juliet was one of the inaugural inductees to the Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler South Australian Sport Hall of Fame, a recognition that represents the highest level of recognition and is there to promote the outstanding achievements of the State"s greatest athletes and general members.