Katrina Powell

Katrina Powell

OAM

Personal information
Born	(1972-04-08) 8 April 1972 (age 52) Canberra, Australia
Medal record Women's Field Hockey Representing  Australia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team World Cup 1998 Utrecht Team Champions Trophy 1997 Berlin Team 1999 Brisbane Team 2003 Sydney Team 2000 Amstelveen Team 2001 Amstelveen Team Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team 2002 Manchester Team Junior World Cup 1993 Barcelona Team

Katrina Maree "Triny" Powell OAM (born 8 April 1972 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is an Australian field hockey player. She represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

Powell was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Powell represented Australia 252 times, and scored 141 goals. She is the sister of Lisa Powell and the sister-in-law of Stuart Carruthers.

Powell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours^[1] and the Australian Sports Medal in June 2000.^[2]

In March 2021, she was appointed Hockeyroos coach - the first female coach of the side in 43 years.^[3]

References

1. "Katrina Maree Powell". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
2. "Katrina Maree Powell, OAM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
3. "Olympics: Powell takes over Australia's 'Hockeyroos' after period of turmoil". Reuters. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

External links

• Katrina Powell at Olympedia
• Katrina Powell at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Katrina Powell at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Australian Olympic Committee
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Triny Powell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.