Gwen Cheeseman

{{short description|American field hockey player}}

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| name = Gwen Cheeseman

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| fullname = Gwen Wentz Cheeseman-Alexander

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 13, 1951}}

| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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{{MedalSport| Women's Field Hockey }}

{{Medal|Country| the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze| 1984 Los Angeles | Team competition}}

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Gwen Wentz Cheeseman-Alexander (born August 13, 1951, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the 1980 Olympic team that qualified for Olympics but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal years later.{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}} She was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was also the goal keeper of the world in 1980. She coached many Division 1 teams and currently is a goalie coach at Washington and Lee University.