Danni Roche
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Representing  Australia
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1996 Atlanta | Team competition |
Danielle Roche OAM[1] (born 25 May 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, commonly known as the "Hockeyroos", which won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Personal
Roche was born in Melbourne on 25 May 1970. She is the daughter of Ken Roche, who was a hurdler at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won two Commonwealth Games gold medals.[2]
Hockey career
Roche made her debut as a 19 year old for the Australian team in 1989 in the Australia vs New Zealand series.[3][4] She was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She was an Australian Institute of Sport hockey scholarship holder and played for MCC Hockey Club.[4]
Business career
Roche has held finance and commercial positions with Telstra, has been a Director at UBS, a partner at Evans and Partners. Roche is a Director of a privately owned fraud and risk management business.[5][6]
Community leadership
In 2017, Roche was named Chair of the National Australia Day Council.[7]
Sports administration
Roche was a Hockey Australia Director for seven years until she was appointed to the St Kilda Football Club Board in 2012.[5][6] She was appointed to the Australian Sports Commission Board on 4 May 2016. Roche is a Trust Member of Victorian State Sports Centres.[8]
In March 2017, Roche announced that she was standing for the President of the Australian Olympic Committee. It was first time that John Coates has been challenged for the Presidency, a position held since 1990.[2]
References
- ^ "Roche, Danni". Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b Schlink, Leo (24 March 2017). "Why Danni Roche challenged Australian Olympic Committee John Coates' presidency". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Hockeyroos players". Hockey Australia website. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b Australian Team Handbook : 1996 Olymoic Games. Sydney: Australian Olympic Committee. 1996. p. 211.
- ^ a b Holmesby, Luke (16 November 2012). "Roche happy to be on board". St Kilda Football Club website. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b "The Board". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Olympian to chair Australia Day Council". SBS. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "State Sports Centres Trust Members". State Sports Centres Trust website. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
External links
- Danni Roche at the International Hockey Federation
- Danni Roche at Olympics.com
- Danni Roche at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Danni Roche at Olympedia
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 March 2017)
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