Lindsey Carlisle
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Lindsey Gay Carlisle is a field hockey
player from South Africa
, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. The defender comes from Johannesburg
, and is nickname
d Linds. She plays for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng.
Carlisle was brought up in Zimbabwe
and played hockey over there, but moved to South Africa to further her hockey career. She runs a hockey school in the Gauteng Province. She is the elder sister of former Zimbabwe cricket captain, Stuart Carlisle
.
Carlisle was named captain of the 243-person travelling Team SA for the 2006 Commonwealth Games
in Melbourne, Australia. Participating in her third consecutive Commonwealth Games, she will be supported by boxer Bongani Mahlangu, who was named vice-captain, while Commonwealth Games 800m gold medallist and athletics team captain Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
will carry the flag, in leading Team SA into the MCG Stadium, for the opening ceremony on 15 March.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. The defender comes from Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, and is nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d Linds. She plays for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng.
Carlisle was brought up in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
and played hockey over there, but moved to South Africa to further her hockey career. She runs a hockey school in the Gauteng Province. She is the elder sister of former Zimbabwe cricket captain, Stuart Carlisle
Stuart Carlisle
Stuart Vance Carlisle was a Zimbabwean cricketer who played 37 Tests and 111 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. He was also temporarily the captain of the Zimbabwe cricket team, leading them in six Tests and 12 ODIs, and achieving a 2–3 result in an ODI series in India.Carlisle became the...
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Carlisle was named captain of the 243-person travelling Team SA for the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
in Melbourne, Australia. Participating in her third consecutive Commonwealth Games, she will be supported by boxer Bongani Mahlangu, who was named vice-captain, while Commonwealth Games 800m gold medallist and athletics team captain Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...
will carry the flag, in leading Team SA into the MCG Stadium, for the opening ceremony on 15 March.
International Senior Tournaments
- 1995 – Olympic Qualifier, Cape Town
- 1998 – World Cup1998 Women's Hockey World CupThe 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from May 20 to May 31, 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. The Australia won its second world title after defeating Netherlands 3–2 in the final...
, Utrecht - 1998 – Commonwealth GamesWomen's Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games*Thursday 1998-09-10*Saturday 1998-09-12*Monday 1998-09-14*Tuesday 1998-09-15*Wednesday 1998-09-16*Thursday 1998-09-17-Pool B:All times local *Wednesday 1998-09-09*Thursday 1998-09-10*Saturday 1998-09-12...
, Kuala Lumpur - 1999 – All Africa Games, Johannesburg
- 2000 – Champions Trophy2000 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 8th edition of the Women's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from Saturday May 27 until Saturday June 3, 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. Participating nations were titleholders Australia, Argentina, Germany, hosting nation The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa...
, Amstelveen - 2000 – Olympic Games, Sydney
- 2002 – Champions Challenge2002 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)The first edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event started on Saturday February 9 and ended on Sunday February 17.=...
, Johannesburg - 2002 – Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
, Manchester - 2002 – World Cup2002 Women's Hockey World CupThe 2002 Hockey World Cup for women is the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from November 24 to December 8, 2002.Argentina won its first ever World Championship after beating Netherlands 1–1 in penalty stroke...
, Perth - 2003 – All Africa Games, Abuja
- 2003 – Afro-Asian GamesAfro-Asian GamesThe Afro-Asian Games are a series of inter-continental multi-sport competitions, held between athletes from Asia and Africa. These Games are one-of-a-kind, since no other sporting competition brings athletes from these two continents together for one event, excluding the Olympic Games. These Games...
, Hyderabad - 2004 – Olympic GamesField hockey at the 2004 Summer OlympicsField Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.-Men's...
, Athens - 2005 – Champions Challenge2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)The third edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, United States. The event started on Friday July 8 and ended on Saturday July 16...
, Virginia Beach - 2006 – Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Melbourne