Anthea Stewart

Anthea Dorine Stewart (born November 20, 1944) is a former field hockey player who was a member of the Zimbabwe national women's team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] Previously, she had represented South Africa between 1963 and 1974.

Anthea Stewart
Personal information
Birth nameAnthea Dorine Stewart
BornNovember 20, 1944 (1944-11-20) (age 78)
Blantyre, Nyasaland
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Zimbabwe
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowTeam Competition

Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the women's field hockey tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was sent to the government of Zimbabwe, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise, they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.[2] Not only was it Zimbabwe's only medal, it was the first medal given for women's field hockey in Olympic history.[3]

Stewart is the mother of international diver Evan Stewart,[4] who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.

References
  1. England, Andrew (8 June 2012). "Sarah English, Anthea Stewart, Patricia Davies: Zimbabwe". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. "Golden girl goes down memory lane - The Standard". The Standard. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. Nielsen, Erik (2016). The British world and the five rings. Nielsen, Erik (College teacher),, Llewellyn, Matthew P. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138909588. OCLC 912379157.
  4. Ndemera, Tendai (6 April 2002). "Zimbabwe: Talent Runs in the Stewart Family". The Herald (Harare). Retrieved 27 November 2017.


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