Jill Gohdes
Australian field hockey player
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Jill Gohdes (née Dwyer) (born 19 May 1990)[1] is a former field hockey player from Australia, who played as a forward.[2]
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| Born |
19 May 1990 Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2015 | QLD Scorchers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Australia U–21 | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Australia | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Jill Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Matthew Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have four children.[3][4]
Career
Domestic hockey
Club hockey
In her home competition, Division 1 of Hockey Queensland's BWHA, Gohdes represents the Easts Tigers.[3]
AHL
Gohdes made her debut in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2009, as a member of the Queensland Scorchers.[5] Her AHL career spanned seven years, from 2009 to 2015. Throughout this time, she won two AHL titles, in 2013 and 2015.[6]
International hockey
Under–21
In 2008, Gohdes made her first appearance for her country as a member of the Australia U–21 side, the Jillaroos, at the Junior Oceania Cup in Brisbane.[7] At the tournament, Australia won gold, directly qualifying to the 2009 FIH Junior World Cup in Boston.[8]
Gohdes represented the team on two occasions in 2009. Her first tournament was at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning a silver medal.[8] This was followed by an appearance at the FIH Junior World Cup, where the team finished 5th.
Hockeyroos
Despite being a member of the development squad,[9] Gohdes was called up to make her debut for Australia in 2011, during a four-nations tournament in Rosario.[10] She followed this with a string of appearances during test series' in October against India and China, respectively.[11]
She was again named in the development squad in 2012, however did not make any further appearances for the Hockeyroos.[12]
