Gabrielle Nance
Australian field hockey player
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Gabrielle Nance (born 29 July 1994)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia who plays as a forward.[2]
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| Born | 29 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Adelaide Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Personal life
Gabrielle Nance was born and raised in Kingscliff, New South Wales.[3]
Nance relocated to Adelaide in 2014 to represent SA in national competitions.[4]
Career
Domestic leagues
Australian Hockey League
In the Australian Hockey League, Nance was a member of the SA Suns.[5] She represented the team from 2014 to 2017.[4]
Hockey One
In 2019, Nance was named in the Adelaide Fire squad for the inaugural tournament of Hockey Australia's new domestic league, Hockey One.[6]
National team
Nance made her debut for the Hockeyroos in 2014 during a test series against New Zealand in Wellington.[7] Following her debut, Nance won her first medal with Australia at the Champions Trophy in Mendoza; the team finished in second place, winning a silver medal.[8]
In 2016, Nance represented her country at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9]
Following her silver medal-winning appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast,[10] Nance made the decision to take a break from international hockey to reignite her passion for the game.[11]
Nance returned to the national squad in 2020.[12][11]
International goals
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 8 September 2015 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia |  South Korea | 2–0 | 2–0 | Test match | [13] |
| 2 | 16 February 2016 |  Great Britain | 1–1 | 3–3 | [14] | ||
| 3 | 27 November 2016 | State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia |  India | 2–1 | 3–1 | [15] | |
| 4 | 12 October 2017 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia |  PNG | 4–0 | 23–0 | 2017 Oceania Cup | [16] |
| 5 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 6 | 18 November 2017 | State Hockey Centre, Adelaide, Australia |  Japan | 3–0 | 8–1 | Test match | [17] |
| 7 | 16 January 2018 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia |  Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 | [18] | |
| 8 | 26 January 2020 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia |  Belgium | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2020 FIH Pro League | [19] |
