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Alyson Annan

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Alyson Regina Annan (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. 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 the 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 [2]. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Alyson Annan is the 4,171st most popular athlete (down from 3,760th in 2024), the 728th most popular biography from Australia (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alyson Annan ranks 4,171 out of 6,025. Before her are Jan Řehula, José Théodore, Lyubov Bruletova, Jason Rogers, Brendan Christian, and Mārtiņš Rubenis. After her are Diana Bacosi, Aleksandra Pankina, Hidayet Heydarov, Tatjana Hüfner, Andrius Gudžius, and Galina Kukleva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Alyson Annan ranks 978. Before her are Shuhei Yomoda, Frank Høj, Jan Řehula, Pedro Luis Lazo, Daniel Gildenlöw, and Lyubov Bruletova. After her are Alexandra Fusai, Michael Hollick, François de Rugy, Daz Dillinger, Lidia Șimon, and Donna Lewis.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Alyson Annan ranks 728 out of 1,143. Before her are Matthew Goss (1986), Chris Vermeulen (1982), Garth Nix (1963), Elizabeth Smylie (1963), Stephen Huss (1975), and Paul Okon (1972). After her are David Lyons (1976), Alexander Downer (1951), Stephen Hawkins (1971), Petria Thomas (1975), Josh Helman (1986), and Alicia Molik (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Alyson Annan ranks 61. Before her are Patrick Johnson (1972), Jamie Dwyer (1979), Genevieve Gregson (1989), Gillian Rolton (1956), Nathan Deakes (1977), and Nick Green (1967). After her are Stephen Hawkins (1971), Emma Snowsill (1981), Tim Forsyth (1973), Megan Marcks (1972), Raelene Boyle (1951), and Ken Wallace (1983).

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