Kaitlin Nobbs
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Newington, New South Wales, Australia | 24 September 1997||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | NSW Arrows | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Australia | 133 | (10) |
Kaitlin Nobbs (born 24 September 1997) is an Australian field hockey player.[1] She has played for the Australian national team, the Hockeyroos.
Early life
[edit]Nobbs is the daughter of Australian field hockey players Michael Nobbs and Lee Capes.[2] Her father played in the 1984 Summer Olympics and coached the Indian men's team at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[2] while her mother won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] Her aunt Michelle Capes and uncle Mark Hager also represented Australia at field hockey at the Olympic Games. Nobbs has an older sister, Jaimee, who is a competitive figure skater.[2]
Nobbs was born in Western Australia and lived there until the age of 14.[1] She then moved to Newington, New South Wales.[3][1] She graduated from Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in 2015.[2][4] She then began attending Curtin University where she studied nursing.[4]
Career
[edit]In 2014, Nobbs played for her first professional hockey team, the New South Wales Arrows, part of the Australian Hockey League.[2]
Nobbs received a scholarship to train alongside the national senior team ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics, although she was not a full member of the senior team.[3] Nobbs was selected to the 2016 Junior World Cup team.[4] Nobbs won a bronze medal as part of the team.[5] Also in 2016, Nobbs was named to the senior Australian women's national field hockey team, the Hockeyroos, for the first time.[6] Nobbs was selected to replace Anna Flanagan ahead of a four-team tournament in Japan.[7] Nobbs was again part of the Australian team when they won bronze at the 2017 Hawkes Bay tournament.[8]
Nobbs won the 2015 Jeanette Buckham Award for Outstanding Individual Sportswoman and was named 2016 Burwood's Sportsperson of the Year.[6][4]
Nobbs qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.[9]
International goals
[edit]Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 12 October 2017 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia | ![]() |
16–0 | 23–0 | 2017 Oceania Cup | [10] |
2 | 25 April 2019 | National Hockey Centre, Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–1 | 2019 FIH Pro League | [11] |
3 | 29 June 2019 | Wagener Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | [12] | |
4 | 18 August 2019 | Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2019 Olympic Test Event | [13] |
5 | 30 July 2022 | University of Birmingham Hockey Centre, Birmingham, England | ![]() |
1–0 | 8–0 | XXII Commonwealth Games | [14] |
6 | 3–0 | ||||||
7 | 8–0 | ||||||
8 | 31 July 2022 | ![]() |
4–0 | 5–0 | [15] | ||
9 | 2 August 2022 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | [16] | ||
10 | 7 February 2024 | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2023–24 FIH Pro League | [17] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hockeyroos Squad Profiles". www.hockey.org.au. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Herbertson, Lisa (7 January 2015). "Hockey is in the blood for Kaitlin Nobbs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b "2016 women's Olympic Hockey squad announced". corporate.olympics.com.au. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Kaitlin takes on the world – Presbyterian Ladies' College". www.plc.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Hockey News – Hockeyroos 2017 Squad named Just Hockey". www.justhockey.com.au. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Kaitlin makes the Hockeyroos". Burwood Scene. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Nobbs called up for Hockeyroos". sbs.com.au. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ NSW Institute of Sport (10 April 2017). "NSWIS – Hockeyroos take third at Hawkes Bay". NSWIS. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Australia 23–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand 1–5 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands 2–2 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "India 2–2 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Australia 8–0 Kenya". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "South Africa 0–5 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand 0–1 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "India 0–3 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kaitlin Nobbs at the International Hockey Federation
- Kaitlin Nobbs at Olympics.com
- Kaitlin Nobbs at Olympedia
- Kaitlin Nobbs at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Kaitlin Nobbs at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Kaitlin Nobbs at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Kaitlin Nobbs at Hockey.org.au (also at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com)
- Australian female field hockey players
- Living people
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- 1997 births
- Female field hockey midfielders
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Australia
- 21st-century Australian women
- 21st-century Australian sportspeople
- Field hockey players from Sydney
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games