Sarah English

{{Short description|Zimbabwean field hockey player (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson |birth_date={{birth date and age|1955|11|28|df=y}} |birth_place= |medaltemplates={{MedalSport |Women's Field Hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{ZIM}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|1980 Moscow| Team Competition}} }}

'''Sarah English''' (born 28 November 1955) 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/1980sofarsogood-so-zimbabwe-so-gold-golden-girl-relives-1980-moscow-olympics/|title=#1980SoFarSoGood: So Zimbabwe, so gold!…Golden Girl relives 1980 Moscow Olympics {{!}} The Sunday Mail|last=Bulla|first=Fatima|date=April 12, 2015|website=www.sundaymail.co.zw|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref> She was known as the premier hockey goalkeeper in Zimbabwe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/5788da8e-adfd-11e1-bb8e-00144feabdc0|title=Sarah English, Anthea Stewart, Patricia Davies: Zimbabwe|last=England|first=Andrew|date=2012-06-08|website=Financial Times|access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref>

Due to the boycott of the United States and other countries, only the hosting USSR team and one other team competed in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament. A last-minute request was sent to the Zimbabwean government, which hastily assembled a team less than a week before the competition. Surprisingly, Zimbabwe won the tournament, securing their sole medal at the 1980 Olympics.

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==External links== * {{sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/sarah-english-1.html sports-reference]

{{DEFAULTSORT:English, Sarah}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Zimbabwean women's field hockey players Category:Olympic field hockey players for Zimbabwe Category:Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Zimbabwe Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:White Zimbabwean sportspeople