Kaitlin Nobbs

Kaitlin Nobbs
Personal information
Born (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27)
Newington, New South Wales, Australia
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 Caps Goals
2016– Australia 133 (10)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Terrassa–Amstelveen
FIH Pro League
Silver medal – second place 2019
Bronze medal – third place 2022–23
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changzhou
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sydney
Gold medal – first place 2023 Whangārei
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rockhampton
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Santiago

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 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 Olympics. 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

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] which won a bronze medal.[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 the 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

Goal Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 12 October 2017 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia  Papua New Guinea 16–0 23–0 2017 Oceania Cup [10]
2 25 April 2019 National Hockey Centre, Auckland, New Zealand  New Zealand 1–0 5–1 2019 FIH Pro League [11]
3 29 June 2019 Wagener Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 2–2 2–2 [12]
4 18 August 2019 Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  India 1–0 2–2 2019 Olympic Test Event [13]
5 30 July 2022 University of Birmingham Hockey Centre, Birmingham, England  Kenya 1–0 8–0 XXII Commonwealth Games [14]
6 3–0
7 8–0
8 31 July 2022  South Africa 4–0 5–0 [15]
9 2 August 2022  New Zealand 1–0 1–0 [16]
10 7 February 2024 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India  India 3–0 3–0 2023–24 FIH Pro League [17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hockeyroos Squad Profiles". www.hockey.org.au. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "2016 women's Olympic Hockey squad announced". corporate.olympics.com.au. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Kaitlin takes on the world – Presbyterian Ladies' College". www.plc.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Hockey News – Hockeyroos 2017 Squad named Just Hockey". www.justhockey.com.au. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Kaitlin makes the Hockeyroos". Burwood Scene. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Nobbs called up for Hockeyroos". sbs.com.au. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  8. ^ NSW Institute of Sport (10 April 2017). "NSWIS – Hockeyroos take third at Hawkes Bay". NSWIS. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Australia 23–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  11. ^ "New Zealand 1–5 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Netherlands 2–2 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  13. ^ "India 2–2 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Australia 8–0 Kenya". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  15. ^ "South Africa 0–5 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  16. ^ "New Zealand 0–1 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  17. ^ "India 0–3 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.