Jill Gohdes (née Dwyer) (born 19 May 1990) is a former

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player from Australia, who played as a forward.

Personal life

Jill Gohdes is married to fellow former

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representative,

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. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child.

Career

Domestic hockey

Club hockey

In her home competition, Division 1 of Hockey Queensland's BWHA, Gohdes represents the

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AHL

Gohdes made her debut in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2009, as a member of the Queensland Scorchers. Her AHL career spanned seven years, from 2009 to 2015. Throughout this time, she won two AHL titles, in

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and 2015.

International hockey

Under–21

In 2008, Gohdes made her first appearance for her country as a member of the Australia U–21 side, the Jillaroos, at the Junior Oceania Cup in

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. At the tournament, Australia won gold, directly qualifying to the 2009 FIH Junior World Cup in

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. Gohdes represented the team on two occasions in 2009. Her first tournament was at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning a silver medal. This was followed by an appearance at the

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, where the team finished 5th.

Hockeyroos

Despite being a member of the development squad, Gohdes was called up to make her debut for Australia in 2011, during a four-nations tournament in Rosario. She followed this with a string of appearances during test series' in October against

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and China, respectively. She was again named in the development squad in 2012, however did not make any further appearances for the Hockeyroos.

References

External links

* * 1990 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Female field hockey forwards Sportswomen from Queensland 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub