Giselle Ansley
_(cropped).jpg) Ansley in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
31 March 1992 Kingsbridge, Devon, England | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Surbiton | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2010 2010–2013 2013–2021, 2024– 2021–2023 |
Plymouth Marjon Loughborough Students Surbiton HGC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2013– | England | 95 | (15) |
| 2014– | Great Britain | 78 | (9) |
| ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: | 173 | (24) | |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 8 August 2022 | |||
Giselle Anne Ansley (born 31 March 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for the England and Great Britain national teams.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Ansley was educated at Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Brixham, Devon.[citation needed]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.[1][2]
In 2018, she received an honorary degree from Loughborough University.[3]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Ansley plays club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HGC.[4]
She played club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton,[5] Loughborough Students and Plymouth Marjon.[6][7][8]
Ansley returned to Surbiton and during the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Surbiton team that finished runner-up in the league behind Reading.[9]
International career
[edit | edit source]Ansley made her international debut in 2013. She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[10][11] where she won a silver medal.[12][13][14]
She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, winning a gold medal in a penalty shootout against the defending champions Netherlands.[15][16]
Having won a combined 173 caps for England and Great Britain, Ansley announced her retirement from international hockey in September 2024.[17]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Giselle Ansley at the International Hockey Federation Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Giselle Ansley at England Hockey
- Giselle Ansley at Great Britain Hockey
- Giselle Ansley at Team GBLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Giselle Ansley at Olympics.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Giselle Ansley at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Giselle Ansley at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey
- English female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- People from Kingsbridge
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British female field hockey players
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Female field hockey defenders
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- Women's England Hockey League players
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- People educated at Churston Ferrers Grammar School
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen