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'''Rechelle Margaret Hawkes''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is an Australian former field hockey player. Hawkes spent eight years as the captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the ''Hockeyroos'', and became the second Australian woman after swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.
Hawkes also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia finished fifth. She made her debut in 1985, and reached a milestone in 1999, when the midfield player celebrated 250 games for the national team. She read the Athlete's Olympic Oath at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Philip |title=Hawkes recalls nerves of Olympic oath two decades on from Sydney 2000 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1098440/hawkes-olympic-oath-sydney-2000 |access-date=8 November 2020 |work=www.insidethegames.biz |date=15 September 2020}}</ref>
She received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1989,<ref name="oam">{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887284|title=HAWKES, Rechelle Margaret OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref> an Australian Sports Medal in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/977048|title=HAWKES, Rechelle: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref> and a Centenary Medal in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1126087|title=HAWKES, Rechelle Margaret: Centenary Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref> In 2001, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.<ref>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117224704/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best |date=17 November 2012 }} </</ref> She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/rechelle-hawkes/|title=Rechelle Hawkes|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>
In the 2018 Australia Day Honours, Hawkes was made a Member of the Order of Australia "For significant service to hockey, particularly as national captain of multiple tournament-winning teams, and as a role model and commentator."<ref>{{cite web|title=HAWKES, Rechelle Margaret|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2000846|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet|access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{sports links|maxlink=7}} * {{Australian Women's Register|AWE2226b}} * [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000 IOC 2000 Summer Olympics]
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