{{Short description|Zimbabwean field hockey player (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chris Prinsloo | full_name = Christine Seraphine Prinsloo | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|3 May 1952}} | birth_place = Oldeani, Tanganyika | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's field hockey }} {{MedalCountry | {{ZIM}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Moscow | Team competition }} }}
'''Christine Seraphine "Chris" Prinsloo''' (born 3 May 1952) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.
==References== *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/chris-prinsloo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/chris-prinsloo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Chris Prinsloo}}
==External links== * {{sports links}}
{{Zimbabwe women's hockey squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prinsloo, Christine}} Category:Zimbabwean women's field hockey players Category:Olympic field hockey players for Zimbabwe Category:Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:People from Karatu District Category:Tanganyika Territory people Category:White Zimbabwean sportspeople Category:Afrikaner people Category:Zimbabwean people of Dutch descent Category:Olympic gold medalists for Zimbabwe Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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