Sandie Fitzgibbon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Alastríona Ni Giobúin | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | centre-back | ||
| Born | 1956 or 1957 (age 67–68)[1] Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1973–1999 | Glen Rovers | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1982–1997 | Cork | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 6 | ||
| All Stars | 2004 Team of Century | ||
Sandie Fitzgibbon (born 1964 in Cork) is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of six All Ireland medals in 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997.[2]
She played for Glen Rovers Club with whom she won four All Ireland Club Championships. She also holds one Colleges All Ireland, three Minor All Ireland, seven National League and two Gael Linn interprovincial medals. She captained Cork to victory in 1992 when they defeated Wexford.[citation needed]
Her camogie awards include Munster Young Camogie Player for 1983, National Irish Bank Player of the Year in 1992 and 1995, and twice Jury's Hotel Sports Star of the Month. In 2000, she received the Cork Lord Mayor's Millennium Camogie Award.[citation needed]
In 2013, she was given a Northside and District Hall of Fame Award.[3]
Citation
[edit]Her team of the century citation read: "possessing huge natural sporting ability, compact and tidy in her movements, allied to great speed, she was a most influential player who could control a game with ease. Sandie was very polished performer whether at midfield or centre-back."[4]
Other sports
[edit]Her basketball awards include three National Cup and five National League titles,[5] 64 senior basketball caps for Ireland, and the Delta Air Lines Olympic Award.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Echo Rebel Legends final: Rena Buckley v Sandie Fitzgibbon". The Echo (Cork newspaper). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
- ^ "Oh Sandie!" Cork Independent 14 February 2013. Retrieved 7-21-2013.
- ^ Camogie.ie Team of the Century profiles by Mary Moran
- ^ Cormican, Eoghan (8 September 2018). "Super Sandie Fitzgibbon set the standard". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Coughlin, John (4 April 2020). "The Leeside legends series: Sandie Fitz the bill as a camogie and basketball dynamo". The Echo (Cork newspaper). Retrieved 12 March 2021.