# Sarah English

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{{Short description|Zimbabwean field hockey player (born 1955)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Field_hockey_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalGold|[1980 Moscow](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics)| [Team Competition](/source/Hockey_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics)}}
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'''Sarah English''' (born 28 November 1955) is a former [field hockey](/source/field_hockey) player from [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), who was a member of the [national team](/source/Zimbabwe_women's_national_field_hockey_team_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics) that [won the gold medal](/source/Zimbabwe_women's_national_field_hockey_team_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics) at the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics) in [Moscow](/source/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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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/sarah-english-1.html sports-reference]

{{Zimbabwe women's hockey squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}

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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

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