Alyson Annan

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OAM
 Alyson Annan
Alyson Annan (2016)
Personal information
Full name Alyson Regina Annan
Born (1973-06-12) 12 June 1973 (age 50)
Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2001 Australia 228 (166)
Teams coached
Years Team
2015–2021 Netherlands
2022– China
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
World Hockey Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 Dublin
Gold medal – first place 1998 Utrecht
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place
1993 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place
1995 Mar del Plata
Gold medal – first place
1997 Berlin
Gold medal – first place
1999 Brisbane
Bronze medal – third place
2000 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place
2001 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
Junior World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1993 Barcelona

Alyson Regina Annan

Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals. Since 2022, she is also the current head coach of the China women's national field hockey team
.

From 2015, Annan was the head coach of the

The Netherlands. In 2022, she was sacked for creating a culture of fear
.

During 2013 Annan gained the prestigious award of becoming a member of Sport Australia Hall of Fame. She is currently head coach of the China Women's National team.

Biography

Annan was born on 12 June 1973 in

Athens, Greece, when the Netherlands
won silver.

Annan was married to Argentinian hockey player, Maximiliano Caldas.[3] After their divorce her partner became Carole Thate, a former Dutch hockey captain and fellow Olympic medallist. Annan and Thate had their first child, Sam Henk Brian Thate, in May 2007.[3] Their second son, Cooper Thate, was born in October 2008.[4]

Annan was to be the coach of the first women's team of the Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club during the 2012–2013 season.[5]

In 2013 Annan was inducted into the

Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[6]

In October 2015 she was named as head coach of the Netherlands women's team, succeeding Sjoerd Marijne. Annan's former husband Max Caldas previously coached the Netherlands women's team to a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.[7] During the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro Annan coached her team to a silver medal losing to the Great Britain Team after shoot-outs in the final.[8]

In 2022, Annan was fired as coach of the Netherlands women's team after an investigation into accusations of verbal

silence.[9]

Major international tournaments

Awards

  • 1994 Team of the Year Australian Sports Awards
  • 1995 Team of the Year Australian Sports Awards
  • 1996 Team of the Year Australian Sports Awards
  • 1996 Player of the Year
    Australian Women's Hockey Association
  • 1996 Player of the Series Australian Hockey League
  • 1996 New South Wales Sportswoman of the Year
  • 1996 New South Wales Athlete of the Year
  • 1996
    Order of Australia Medal
  • 1997 Team of the Year Australian Sports Awards
  • 1997 Player of the Year
    Australian Women's Hockey Association
  • 1997 Player of the Tournament Champions Trophy
  • 1998 Team of the Year Australian Sports Awards
  • 1998 International Player of the Year International Hockey Federation
  • 1998 Player of the Tournament
    Hockey World Cup
  • 1998 Finalist World Sportswoman of the Year Women's Sport Foundation (USA)
  • 2000 International Player of the Year International Hockey Federation
  • 2002 Player of the Year
    Dutch League
  • 2003 Player of the Year
    Dutch League
  • 2013 Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alyson Annan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Alyson Annan OAM" (PDF). November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b Hannan, Liz. "[1]". The Sunday Age, 1 July 2007. Retrieved on 18 May 2011
  4. ^ Connolly, Paul. "Back home to show off their boys" The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 January 2009. Retrieved on 18 May 2011
  5. ^ "Alyson Annan per volgend seizoen hoofdcoach Dames 1 Amsterdam" (in Dutch). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Alyson Annan enters Sport Australia Hall of Fame". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Hockey great Alyson Annan made Dutch head coach for Rio Olympics". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. ^ "One to go: Brits aren't afraid as the Dutch go for triple gold at Rio". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Bondscoach Annan ontslagen bij hockeyvrouwenploeg na berichten over angstcultuur" (in Dutch), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, 12 January 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

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