Alyson Annan

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Alyson Annan (2016)
Personal information
Full name Alyson Regina Annan
Born (1973-06-12) 12 June 1973 (age 51)
Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–2001 Australia 228 (166)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2015–2021 Netherlands
2022– China
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
World Hockey Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Dublin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Utrecht
Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Amstelveen
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Berlin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Brisbane
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
Junior World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Barcelona

Alyson Regina Annan OAM (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian field hockey coach and retired field hockey player, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals. Since 2022, she is also the current head coach of the China women's national field hockey team.

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From 2015, Annan was the head coach of the Netherlands women's national field hockey team; she led the team to a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil and a gold medal at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as well as gold medals at the 2017 and the 2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in The Netherlands. In 2022, she was sacked for creating a culture of fear, although several experienced players in the team reported that they had not been consulted .

During 2013 Annan gained the prestigious award of becoming a member of Sport Australia Hall of Fame. She is currently head coach of the China Women's National team.

Biography

Annan was born on 12 June 1973 in Wentworthville, New South Wales. [1] She was voted the Best Female Hockey Player in the World in 1999. [2] In the following year, she led the Australian team to gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She subsequently retired from international competition and moved to the Netherlands. In the Netherlands she played for HC Klein Zwitserland from The Hague. She retired in 2003, becoming the coach of Dutch league team HC Klein Zwitserland. In 2004, she was an assistant of Dutch Head Coach Marc Lammers at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, when the Netherlands won silver.

Annan was married to Argentinian hockey player, Maximiliano Caldas. [3] After their divorce her partner became Carole Thate, a former Dutch hockey captain and fellow Olympic medallist. Annan and Thate had their first child, Sam Henk Brian Thate, in May 2007. [3] Their second son, Cooper Thate, was born in October 2008. [4]

Annan was to be the coach of the first women's team of the Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club during the 2012–2013 season. [5]

In 2013 Annan was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. [6]

In October 2015 she was named as head coach of the Netherlands women's team, succeeding Sjoerd Marijne. Annan's former husband Max Caldas previously coached the Netherlands women's team to a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. [7] During the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro Annan coached her team to a silver medal losing to the Great Britain Team after shoot-outs in the final. [8]

In 2022, Annan was fired as coach of the Netherlands women's team after an investigation into accusations of verbal intimidation and creating a culture of fear and silence. [9] However, according to one Dutch hockey commentator, there was an internal divide within the team about how to achieve the team's objectives: "There were two currents within the Dutch team and the question was which one would come out on top" (English translation of the Dutch original). Several experienced players reported the decision had been made without consulting them, using hockey.nl to express their support for Annan and describing her as a "fantastic coach" (English translation of the Dutch original). Annan chose not to comment publicly, beyond releasing a statement that "In recent months I have gained insight into the points that we as a team, staff and individuals could work on. In my opinion, there is no difference of opinion about what can be improved, but there is about the approach to it. I have drawn a line for myself there and this is unfortunately the consequence" (English translation of the Dutch original) .

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References

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  3. 1 2 Hannan, Liz. "". The Sunday Age , 1 July 2007. Retrieved on 18 May 2011
  4. ↑ Connolly, Paul. "Back home to show off their boys" The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 January 2009. Retrieved on 18 May 2011
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  6. ↑ "Alyson Annan enters Sport Australia Hall of Fame". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hockey great Alyson Annan made Dutch head coach for Rio Olympics". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "One to go: Brits aren't afraid as the Dutch go for triple gold at Rio". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Bondscoach Annan ontslagen bij hockeyvrouwenploeg na berichten over angstcultuur" (in Dutch), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting , 12 January 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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