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Jenny Williams (born 11 January 1957) is a South Australian sportsperson who represented South Australia in six sports, namely Lacrosse, Indoor Lacrosse, Touch (rugby), Soccer, Cricket and Australian Rules football. She is the daughter of Fos Williams, and the sister of Mark and Stephen Williams. Williams was inducted into the KPMG South Australian Sport Hall of Fame in October 2013.〔http://www.sportsa.org.au/〕 ==Lacrosse== Williams represented Australia in lacrosse and was a member of the 1986 World Champion Gold Medal team. She also captained Australia from 1989 to 1992 winning a Bronze Medal in 1989 world cup and coached the Australian team to a world Silver Medal in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. Notably, early in her career she was a member of the Australian team that won its first ever game against the US in 1981 - the first recorded loss for the United States.〔Daly, John A., ''Against the odds : a pictorial history of 100 years of South Australian women in sport and recreation'', Libraries Australia ID: 11285629〕 Williams also captained or co-captained South Australia to 12 National Championships in lacrosse (11 consecutive wins) and was named in the National Championship team in each of these years.〔 She also received the player of the Nationals Award in 1986 earning best a field votes in every game.〔 Williams was the founder and playing captain/coach of the Adelaide Teachers College Lacrosse club in 1980, which became known as UniSA Lacrosse Club in later years. The Club went on to win 10 League championships in the next 15 years with Jenny winning the Association Best and fairest in 1980 and being named in the team of the year as a player / coach 10 times. She has played more than 500 A grade games and 100 representative State or Australian Games. Jenny was also involved in sports administration both at club and state level. She was President of the SA Women's Lacrosse Association the year before the group amalgamated with the men becoming Lacrosse SA. She also coached the U/16s to a National Championship win and was awarded her State Umpiring certification. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jenny Williams (sportsperson)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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