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Gabrielle Nance

Personal information
Born	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Adelaide Fire
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–2017	SA Suns
2019–	Adelaide Fire
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2014–	Australia	72	(8)
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team Champions Trophy 2014 Mendoza Team Oceania Cup 2017 Sydney Team

Gabrielle Nance (born 29 July 1994) is a field hockey player from Australia who plays as a forward.

Personal life

Gabrielle Nance was born and raised in Kingscliff, New South Wales.

Nance relocated to Adelaide in 2014 to represent SA in national competitions.

Career

Domestic leagues

Australian Hockey League

In the Australian Hockey League, Nance was a member of the SA Suns. She represented the team from 2014 to 2017.

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.

National team

Nance made her debut for the Hockeyroos in 2014 during a test series against New Zealand in Wellington. 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.

In 2016, Nance represented her country at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Following her silver medal-winning appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Nance made the decision to take a break from international hockey to reignite her passion for the game.

Nance returned to the national squad in 2020.

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8 September 2015	Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia	South Korea	2–0	2–0	Test match
2	16 February 2016		Great Britain	1–1	3–3
3	27 November 2016	State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia	India	2–1	3–1
4	12 October 2017	Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia	PNG	4–0	23–0	2017 Oceania Cup
5				6–0
6	18 November 2017	State Hockey Centre, Adelaide, Australia	Japan	3–0	8–1	Test match
7	16 January 2018	Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia	Spain	1–0	1–1
8	26 January 2020	Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia	Belgium	1–0	1–1	2020 FIH Pro League

References

1. "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
2. "Gabi Nance". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
3. "Gabi Nance back into the Australian fold with selection". tweeddailynews.com.au. Tweed Daily News. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
4. ^ "NANCE Gabi". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
5. "2017 Annual Report – Hockey SA" (PDF). hockeysa.com.au. Hockey SA. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
6. "Gabrielle Nance". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
7. "NANCE Gabi". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
8. "Women win silver in Champions Trophy". olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
9. "Gabrielle Nance". rio2016.com. Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
10. "Gabrielle NANCE". gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
11. ^ "Energised Nance back on deck with Hockeyroos". sasi.sa.gov.au. South Australian Sports Institute. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
12. "2020 squad announced for evolving Hockeyrooss". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
13. "Australia 2–0 Korea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
14. "Australia 3–3 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
15. "Australia 3–1 India". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
16. "Australia 23–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
17. "Australia 8–1 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
18. "Australia 1–1 Spain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
19. "Australia 1–1 Belgium". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

External links

• Gabrielle Nance at the International Hockey Federation
• Gabrielle Nance at Olympics.com
• Gabrielle Nance at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Gabrielle Nance at Olympedia
• Gabrielle Nance at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Gabrielle Nance at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Gabi Nance at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com

v t e Australia squad – 2014 Champions Trophy – Runners–up
1 Nance 2 Nanscawen 3 Peris 4 Sablowski (c) 5 Wells 6 K. Dwyer 7 Kenny 8 Nelson 9 Flanagan 10 R. Dwyer 11 McMahon 13 Bone 15 Spence 20 Slattery 26 E. Smith 28 Carmichael 29 Attard 32 A. Smith Coach: Commens

v t e Australia squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Nance 3 Peris 4 Sablowski 6 Dwyer 7 Kenny 11 McMahon 12 Blyth (c) 13 Bone 17 Morgan 18 Claxton 19 Parker 20 Slattery 24 Williams 26 Smith 27 Lynch 30 Stewart Coach: Commens

v t e Australia squad – 2018 Commonwealth Games – Silver Medal
1 Nance 3 Peris 4 Hurtz 7 Kenny 11 McMahon 13 Bone 14 Kershaw 15 Nobbs 16 Holzberger 18 Claxton 19 Bartram 21 Taylor 22 Ratcliffe 25 Fey 26 Smith 27 Lynch 30 Stewart 32 Fitzpatrick Coach: Gaudoin

• 1994 births
• Living people
• Australian female field hockey players
• Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic field hockey players for Australia
• Female field hockey forwards
• Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
• Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 21st-century Australian sportswomen
• Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games