Alison Peek

Alison Peek
Personal information
Born 12 October 1969
Medal record
Women's Field Hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team
World Cup
1990 Sydney Team
1994 Dublin Team
1998 Utrecht Team
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
Champions Trophy
1989 Frankfurt Team
1991 Berlin Team
1993 Amstelveen Team
1995 Mar del Plata Team
1999 Brisbane Team
2000 Amstelveen Team

Alison Peek OAM (born 12 October 1969), nickname "Peeky", is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] As well as being an Olympic Gold Medallist, she won a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, two World Cup Gold Medals, four Champions Trophy Gold Medals and was named in the Australian Women’s ‘Team of the Century’.

Personal

Alison lives in country South Australia.

Field Hockey

Club Hockey

Alison played club hockey for Adelaide Hockey Club in South Australia.[2]

State Hockey

In 1995, Alison was in the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Suns that won the national championship.

She is on the South Australian Sports Institute Olympic Games Honour Roll.[3]

International Hockey

Alison is a dual Olympian who first played for Australia in 1989 and retired after 2000 having played 222 international games and scoring 6 goals.[2] [4]

She made her Olympic Games debut in 1992 in Barcelona where the team finished fifth, but missed out on the 1996 Olympic Games where the Hockeyroos won the Gold medal.

Peek returned to the Olympic stage in 2000 in Sydney and played strongly winning a Gold Medal as the Hockeyroos enjoyed a fine tournament. From its eight matches, the Hockeyroos won seven and drew one, outscoring its opponents 25-5. Australia beat Argentina 3-1 in the final to become the first women’s hockey team to successfully defend an Olympic title.[5]

She is one of only 16 female athletes to have played over 200 international games for Australia.[4]

Her achievements include:

Volunteering

Alison is actively involved in the community serving in a number of ways. She was the Hockey Ambassador for the 2015 Australian Masters Games[8] in Adelaide and is involved in coaching junior hockey.

Recognition

As part of the Australia Day honours in January 2001, Alison was given the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.[9]

As a member of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games gold medal winning Hockeyroos, Alison was named in the Australian Women’s ‘Team of the Century’ at the 2013 ‘Centenary of Canberra Sportswomen’s Ball’ conducted at The Great Hall, Parliament House in Canberra.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alison Peek". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Adelaide Hockey Club Australian Representatives". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "South Australian Sport Institute Hockey". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Australian women's players". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Australian Olympic Committee - Alison Peek". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sports Reference/Olympic Sports - Alison Peek". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Results - Alison Peek". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "2015 Australian Masters Games Registrations Open". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Australian Government site - Alison Peek - Medal of the Order of Australia". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Hockeyroos Crowned Australian Women's 'Team of the Century'". Retrieved 30 June 2016.


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