Helen Volk

Helen Volk (born March 29, 1954) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Helen Volk
Personal information
Born (1954-03-29) March 29, 1954
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 the African nation, 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.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Volk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.


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