Jane Sixsmith

Jane Sixsmith in 2010

Personal information

Born

5 September 1967

Medal record

Women's Field Hockey
Olympic Games
Competitor for Great Britain
	1992 Barcelona	Team
Commonwealth Games
Competitor for England
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Team
European Nations Cup
	1991 Brussels	Team
	1987 London	Team
	1999 Cologne	Team

Janet Theresa "Jane" Sixsmith MBE (born 5 September 1967 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands) is a field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[1] She retired from the international scene after scoring over hundred goals and winning 165 caps for England and 158 for Great Britain. Sixsmith is the only British female hockey player to have appeared at four Olympic Games,^[2] including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Jane continues to play National League for Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club.

Sixsmith took up hockey when, at the age of twelve, she was told she could no longer play for a boys' football team. She played hockey at club level for her hometown, Sutton Coldfield. As a teenager, she was selected as a reserve for the England under-18 netball team before being chosen for England's under-18 hockey squad. Jane attended St Joseph's Catholic Junior School and Bishop Walsh Catholic School.

Jane recently took part in the 2013 Maxifuels Super Sixes indoor hockey finals with her team Sutton Coldfield. They reached the final after beating Bowden Hightown in the Semi Finals. Jane scored the second goal in her teams 2-5 defeat to champions Reading HC in the final at Wembley Arena on 27 January 2013.

Sixsmith's honours include an MBE, an Olympic bronze, a European Cup gold (1991) and a Commonwealth silver medal (1998).

References

External links

Jane Sixsmith – International Tournaments

England squad – 1987 European Nations Cup

1 Cook 2 Hallam 3 Atkins 4 G. Brown 5 K. Brown 6 Cheetham 7 Dixon 8 Goodridge 9 Hambly (c) 10 Crook 11 Lister 12 Parker 13 Rule 14 Sixsmith 15 Smith 16 Williams Coach: Slocombe

Great Britain squad – 1988 Summer Olympics

1 Atkins 2 Banks 3 G. Brown 4 K. Brown 5 Nevill 6 Cook 7 Dixon 8 Fraser 9 Hambly (c) 10 Jordan 11 McBride 12 McLeod 13 Brewer 14 Sixsmith 15 Parker 16 Ramsay Coach: Hay

England squad – 1990 FIH World Cup

1 Hallam 2 Thompson 3 Sowerby 4 Brown 5 Lister (c) 6 Atkins 7 Dixon 8 Parker 9 Langridge 10 Nevill 11 Lewis 12 Rewer 13 Miller 14 Edwards 15 Fry 16 Sixsmith Coach: Hay

England squad – 1991 European Nations Cup

1 Hallam 2 Thompson 3 Sowerby 4 Brown 5 Lister 6 Atkins 7 Dixon 8 Bayliss 9 Langridge 10 Nevill 11 Lewis 12 Smith 13 Miller 14 Johnson 15 Lee 16 Sixsmith Coach: —

Great Britain squad – 1992 Summer Olympics

1 Thompson 2 Morgan 3 Bayliss 4 Brown 5 Nevill (c) 6 Atkins 7 Dixon 8 W. Fraser 9 Lister 10 Sixsmith 11 Ramsay 12 McWilliams 13 Miller 14 Nicholls 15 Johnson 16 S. Fraser Coach: Hay

Great Britain squad – 1995 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1 Thompson 2 Rose 3 Cook 4 Renilson 6 Brown 7 Atkins (c) 8 Fraser 9 Simpson 10 Nicholson 11 Sixsmith 12 Robertson 13 Cope 14 Miller 15 Bennett 16 Davies 17 MacDonald Coach: Slocombe

Great Britain squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Thompson 2 Rose 3 Cook 4 Cullen 6 Brown 7 Atkins 8 Fraser 9 Simpson 10 Nicholson 11 Sixsmith 12 Robertson (c) 13 Mould 14 Miller 15 Bennett 16 Davies 17 Johnson Coach: Slocombe

England squad – 1998 FIH World Cup

1 Rose 2 Reid 3 Empson 4 Smith 5 Brown 6 Clewlow 7 Cullen 8 Bowden (c) 9 Copeland 10 Sixsmith 11 Wright 12 Mould 13 Bimson 14 Moore 15 Greenham 16 Miller Coach: Souyave

England squad – 1998 Commonwealth Games

1 Rose 2 Reid 3 Empson 4 Smith 5 Brown 6 Clewlow 7 Cullen 8 Bowden (c) 9 Nicholls 10 Sixsmith 11 Wright 12 Marston-Smith 13 Bimson 14 Moore 15 Greenham 16 Newcombe Coach: Souyave

England squad – 1999 European Nations Cup

1 Rose 2 Reid 3 Empson 4 Smith 5 Brown 6 Clewlow 7 Cullen 8 Bowden (c) 9 Nicholson 10 Sixsmith 11 Wright 12 Richardson 14 Greenham 21 Chandler 22 Walsh 25 King 28 Catchpole 29 Bennett Coach: Souyave

Great Britain squad – 2000 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1 Reid 2 Rose 3 Bowden 4 Smith 5 Chandler (c) 6 Clewlow 7 Cullen 8 Johnson 9 Nicholson 10 Sixsmith 11 Miller 12 Marston-Smith 13 Richardson 14 Greenham 15 Jack 16 Walsh 17 Blanks 18 Wright Coach: Royce

Great Britain squad – 2000 Summer Olympics

1 Reid 2 Rose 3 Bowden 4 Smith 6 Clewlow 7 Cullen 8 Johnson 9 Wright 10 Sixsmith 11 Simpson 12 Marston-Smith 13 Richardson 14 Greenham 15 Stott 16 Walsh 17 Nicholson Coach: Royce

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