Jane Sixsmith is set to appear in her fourth Olympics after being named in the Great Britain women's hockey squad for the Games.

Striker Sixsmith, 32, who has made over 300 appearances for England and Britain, is one of six players in the Sydney group who played in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Kath Johnson, 33, a bronze medallist in Barcelona in 1992, goalkeeper Hilary Rose, forward Tina Cullen and two Scots - Pauline Stott and Rhona Simpson - were all in the side which lost to Holland in a penalty shoot-out for the bronze medal four years ago.

Team coach Jon Royce has also named A Level student Helen Richardson, teenager Lucilla Wright and Kate Walsh, 20.

Slough utility player Mandy Nicholson, a bronze medallist in 1992 and a member of the 1996 squad, has been unluckily left out but her clubmate Sue Chandler will lead the team in her first Olympic Games.

Great Britain: Bowden, Richardson (both Leicester), Chandler (capt), Greenham, Smith (all Slough), Clewlow (Canterbury), Cullen, Reid, Walsh (all Hightown), Johnson (Harleston Magpies), Marston-Smith (Clifton), Rose (Bury), Simpson (Grange Edinburgh Ladies), Sixsmith (Sutton Coldfield), Stott (Grove), Wright (Olton).