Gillian Cowley

field hockey player

Gillian Margaret "Gill" Cowley (born July 8, 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.[1]

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  • She first arrived at C Square Farm in the summer of 2010 when she arrived with her horse Donner, with whom she had competed in Jumpers and Equitation. Donner was rehabbing from an injury, but unfortunately he did not recover completely. And Gillian and her parents decided to retire him to a farm in Virginia.
  • Gillian spent periods of time with us throughout the year, returning for several months in the summer of 2011. She and Gabby have continued their success, including several 1st-place finishes at Training. Gillian spent her 2012 spring break with Courtney in Aiken as well as several weeks in the 2012 summer with us again in 2012.

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  1. Nauright, John, ed (2012). Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 121. ISBN 9781598843019. OCLC 815668821.