Maureen George

Maureen George is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the Zimbabwe women's national field [hockey team at the 1980 Summer Olympics|national team] that Zimbabwe women's national [field hockey team at the 1980 Summer Olympics|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 Field 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.