Bianca Joyce
Australian field hockey player
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Bianca Joyce (née Greenshields; born 21 March 1990)[1] is a former Australian field hockey player, who played as a midfielder.[2]
Nantawarra, South Australia
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| Born |
21 March 1990 Nantawarra, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Australia | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Bianca Joyce was born in Nantawarra, South Australia.[3]
She married her husband, Tom, in 2013 and the pair now reside in Crystal Brook.[4]
Career
Club level
During her career, Joyce was a member of Port Adelaide District Hockey Club before she moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2011 to join the Hockey Australia High Performance Program, as a member of the Hockeyroos squad.[5]
Hockeyroos
Following a successful campaign in the 2010 AHL, Joyce was called up to make her debut for the Australian national team in 2011. She made her official debut in February 2011, in a test match against Argentina.[6]
In November 2011, following her string of performances throughout the year, Joyce was named in the Hockeyroos 27 player training squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom.[7] After failing to make the Olympics, Joyce was a member of the team at the 2012 Champions Challenge I in Dublin, Ireland, where she won a gold medal.[8]
Joyce retired in 2013 after making 38 appearances for Australia.[9]
International goals
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 18 October 2011 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia |  India | 6–0 | 6–0 | Test Match | [10] |
