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Angela Robyn Lambert OAM (née Skirving; born 1 February 1981, in Toowoomba) was an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She captained the under 21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the Hockeyroos in 1998 and in 2000 won gold at the Sydney Olympics.[1] Angie went on to play in two more Olympic games and played over 225 games for Australia. Apart from playing in the Hockeyroos she played for the AHL Queensland Scorchers.

Angie Skirving

Personal information
Birth name	Angela Robyn Skirving
Born	1 February 1981 (1981-02) (age 41) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Medal record Women's Field Hockey Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Competition World Cup 2006 Madrid Team Competition Champions Trophy 2003 Sydney Team Competition 2005 Canberra Team Competition 2000 Amstelveen Team Competition 2001 Amstelveen Team Competition Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team Competition 2002 Manchester Team Competition

The youngest of the local Australian Representatives, Skirving began playing hockey at the age of 12 and was selected in the Queensland no.1 Rep. team when 13. She debuted for the Hockeyroos at 17.[2] In 2001 she was named the winner of the International Hockey's Junior Player of the year. In that same year Angie was awarded the Order of Australia Medal OAM for services to sport in Australia. Skirving married Australian Kookaburras goalie Stephen Lambert (field hockey) in December 2006.[3] The pair have been described as Australia's Golden Couple of Hockey.

In 2015 Lambert was named in the Queensland Scorchers Team of the Decade (2005-2015).[4] and in 2019 was added to the QAS Hall Of Fame.

Skirving is the hockey co-ordinator at Morteon Bay College, where she also works as a teacher. Skirving is currently playing in the Brisbane Premier League 1 competition for Ascot Women's Hockey Club as a player coach winning Premierships in 2017 and 2021.[5]

References

External links

• Angie Skirving at Olympedia
• Angie Skirving at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Angie Skirving at the Commonwealth Games Federation
• Angie Skirving at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Profile

Awards
Preceded by Incumbent	WorldHockey Young Player of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Agustina García

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[de] Angie Skirving

Angela „Angie“ Robyn Skirving, ab Ende 2006 Angela Robyn Lambert, OAM (* 1. Februar 1981 in Toowoomba) ist eine ehemalige australische Hockeyspielerin, die im Jahr 2000 mit der Australischen Hockeynationalmannschaft Olympiasiegerin war, 2006 war sie Weltmeisterschaftszweite.

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