Rechelle Hawkes is described in the public record as Australian field hockey player. Born in Albany, Australia, in 1967.
Rechelle Margaret Hawkes (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is an Australian former field hockey player. Hawkes spent eight years as the captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos, and became the second Australian woman after swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. Hawkes also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia finished fifth. She made her debut in 1985, and reached a milestone in 1999, when the midfield player celebrated 250 games for the national team. She read the Athlete's Olympic Oath at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1989, an Australian Sports Medal in 2000, and a Centenary Medal in 2001. In 2001, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.
Rechelle Hawkes is recorded among the figures by whom swimming is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Competitive swimming is decided in hundredths of a second, and rule changes to suits and starts have repeatedly reset its records.
