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{{Short description|Australian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Angie Skirving
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| birth_name     = Angela Robyn Skirving
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|1 February 1981}}
| birth_place    = [[Toowoomba]], [[Queensland]], Australia
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| headercolor    = lightsteelblue
| show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Field Hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 Women's Hockey World Cup|2006 Madrid]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Champions Trophy (field hockey)|Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2003 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|2003 Sydney]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2005 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)|2005 Canberra]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2000 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)|2000 Amstelveen]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2001 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)|2001 Amstelveen]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|Team Competition}}
}}

'''Angela Robyn Lambert''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} ({{nee|'''Skirving'''}}; born 1 February 1981, in [[Toowoomba]]) is an [[Australians|Australian]] former [[field hockey]] player. She captained the under 21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the [[Hockeyroos]] in 1998 and in 2000 won gold at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Coach optimistic despite successive eliminations - OLYMPICS 2008 - BEIJING GAMES OF THE XXIX OLYMPIAD 8-24 AUGUST|last=Jeffery|first=Nicole|date=20 Aug 2008|work=The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T.|page=16}}</ref> Angie went on to play in two more Olympic games and played over 225 games for Australia. Apart from playing in the [[Hockeyroos]] she played for the [[Australian Hockey League|AHL]] Queensland Scorchers.

The youngest of the local Australian Representatives, Skirving began playing hockey at the age of 12 and was selected in the Queensland no.1 Rep. team when 13. She debuted for the Hockeyroos at 17.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Green Aussies fall in series opener|date=5 Dec 1998|work=The Herald; Newcastle, N.S.W.|page=115}}</ref> In 2001, she was named the winner of the International Hockey's Junior Player of the year, and was awarded the Order of Australia Medal OAM for services to sport in Australia. Skirving married Australian Kookaburras goalie [[Stephen Lambert (field hockey)|Stephen Lambert]] in December 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hockey partners planning to swap rings of gold|last=Purdon|first=Fiona|date=9 Feb 2006|work=The Courier - Mail; Brisbane, Qld.|page=1}}</ref> The pair have been described as ''Australia's Golden Couple of Hockey''.

In 2015, Lambert was named in the Queensland Scorchers Team of the Decade (2005-2015).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ipswich duo recognised among Queensland's elite|last=Lems|first=David|date=26 Nov 2015|work=The Queensland Times|page=31}}</ref> and in 2019 was added to the QAS Hall Of Fame.

Skirving played in the Brisbane Premier League 1 competition for Ascot Women's Hockey Club as a player coach winning Premierships in 2017 and 2021. Angie has recently announced her comeback and was successful in making Ascot Arana Hockey Clubs division 3 team for 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Our local Olympic heroes 10 years on: Sydney 2000 games holds fond memories|last=Kimlin|first=Alyssa|date=16 Sep 2010|work=The Chronicle; Toowoomba, Qld.|page=11}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630040554/http://www.griffith.edu.au/sport/profiles/content_angie.html Profile]

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[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia]]
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