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Gillian Cowley

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Gillian Margaret "Gill" Cowley (born 8 July 1955 in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia) is a former hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gillian Cowley is the 2,498th most popular athlete (up from 4,213th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Zambian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gillian Cowley ranks 2,498 out of 6,025. Before her are Kajsa Bergqvist, Vladimir Semenets, Markus Ryffel, Yvonne van Gennip, Heather Armitage, and Carlo Montano. After her are Gerhard Heer, Yelena Nikolayeva, Konstantinos Kenteris, Marioara Popescu, Andrey Perlov, and Nina Zyuskova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Gillian Cowley ranks 596. Before her are Gerard Nijboer, Piedad Córdoba, David J. Tholen, Hassan Rowshan, Markus Ryffel, and Cheikh Lô. After her are Gerhard Heer, Cundi, Sabina Berman, Thelma Aldana, Alicia Dickenstein, and Nikolina Shtereva.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Gillian Cowley ranks 17 out of 41. Before her are Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Guy Scott (1944), and Dambisa Moyo (1969). After her are Samuel Matete (1968), Janny Sikazwe (1979), A. C. Grayling (1949), Christopher Katongo (1982), Emmanuel Mayuka (1990), and Jacob Mulenga (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Zambia

Among athletes born in Zambia, Gillian Cowley ranks 1. After her are Samuel Matete (1968), João Monteiro (null), Sydney Siame (1997), Rhoda Njobvu (1994), and Steven Mungandu (1995).

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