Birth Date: | 8 July 1970 |
Lisa Josephine Carruthers (née Powell) (born 8 July 1970 in Sydney) is a former field hockey forward, who was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She is currently a senior hockey coach at Melbourne High School.
Powell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours[1] and the Australian Sports Medal in June 2000.[2]