Maureen George
Maureen Jean George (born September 1, 1955 in Bulawayo) 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.
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Born | September 1, 1955 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
External links
- Maureen George at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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