Michelle Andrews

Michelle "Shelley" Andrews OAM (born 19 November 1971 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She now uses her married name of Mitchell and is a coach at Teddington Hockey Club, Greater London.

Not to be confused with Shelley Andrews.

Michelle Andrews
Medal record
Women's Field Hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1994 DublinTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1998 Kuala LumpurTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place1993 AmstelveenTeam
Gold medal – first place1995 Mar del PlataTeam
Gold medal – first place 1997 Berlin Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brisbane Team

On 26 January 1997, Andrews was awarded the Order of Australia in "recognition of service to sport as a gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games 1996".[1] On 22 June 2000, Andrews was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for hockey achievements.[2]

References
  1. "Michelle Andrews". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Michelle Andrews". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 January 2012.


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