Kaitlin Nobbs
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club |
NSW Arrows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016– | Australia | 73 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Nobbs is the daughter of Australian field hockey players
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
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
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- 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)