Janet Theresa "Jane" Sixsmith (born 5 September 1967 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands) is a field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She retired from the international scene after scoring over hundred goals and winning 165 caps for England and 158 for Great Britain. Sixsmith was the first British female hockey player to have appeared at four Olympic Games, followed by Kate Richardson-Walsh including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Jane continues to play National League for Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club.

Sixsmith took up hockey when, at the age of twelve, she was told she could no longer play for a boys' football team. She played hockey at club level for her hometown, Sutton Coldfield. As a teenager, she was selected as a reserve for the England under-18 netball team before being chosen for England's under-18 hockey squad. Jane attended St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Bishop Walsh Catholic School.

Jane Sixsmith

Jane recently took part in the 2013 Maxifuels Super Sixes indoor hockey finals with her team Sutton Coldfield. They reached the final after beating Bowden Hightown in the Semi Finals. Jane scored the second goal in her team's 2-5 defeat to champions Reading HC in the final at Wembley Arena on 27 January 2013.

Jane Sixsmith

Sixsmith's honours include an MBE, an Olympic bronze, a European Cup gold (1991) and a Commonwealth silver medal (1998).

Jane Sixsmith

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1967 births

Living people

English female field hockey players

Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain

British female field hockey players

Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain

Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey

Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games