Brenda Phillips (born January 18, 1958) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that 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.

Brenda Phillips

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1958 births

Living people

Zimbabwean female field hockey players

Olympic field hockey players for Zimbabwe

Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Zimbabwe

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

White Zimbabwean sportspeople

Zimbabwean educators

Zimbabwean women educators

Brenda Phillips