Tammy Cole is a retired female field hockey

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...

 defender from Australia

Australia

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. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team in 1994 when Australia won the Tri Test series in Christchurch

Christchurch

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 against Argentina and New Zealand.

Nicknamed TC she returned to international competition after a two-year, injury-riddled absence in 1996. Cole has a specialist role on the post for defensive penalty corners and is equally comfortable in the midfield or wing half where she has played most of her international senior matches. Cole also represented Australia in indoor cricket

Indoor cricket

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 in 1988 and 1989. She was a member of the Hockeyroos

Hockeyroos

The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...

 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

2002 Commonwealth Games

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 in Manchester

Manchester

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, where the team ended up in third place in the overall-rankings.