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 was the first British female hockey player to have appeared at four Olympic Games, followed by Kate Richardson-Walsh[2] including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Jane continues to play National League for Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club.
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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 Primary 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 team's 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).
Private life
editSixsmith is married[3] and has children.[4] She works as a hockey coach for the English town Birmingham.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Hockey legend Jane Sixsmith calls for role models to lift hockey". Sky Sports. 29 May 2014.
- ^ "From Sydney to Sutton Coldfield: Veteran England hockey player Jane Sixsmith still producing the goods". telegraph.co.uk. 18 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Jane Sixsmith MBE". suttoncoldfieldhc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
Marital status: Married to management accountant, Tim Beeton
- ^ a b "Olympic medallist takes up teaching role". thebirminghampress.com. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
Sixsmith wasn't the only one from her family to start a new chapter at Solihull in September, with oldest daughter Ellie-Mae, 11, being accepted on a hockey scholarship from the start of the academic year.
External links
edit- Jane Sixsmith at the International Hockey Federation
- Jane Sixsmith at Olympics.com
- Jane Sixsmith at Olympedia
- Jane Sixsmith at Team GB
- Jane Sixsmith at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Jane Sixsmith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
