field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player. Hanna made her international debut for
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
in April 2015, in a test series against China.
Early life
Kate Hanna was born in
Constitution Hill, New South Wales
Constitution Hill is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Constitution Hill is located on a hill west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the ...
. She attended Catherine McAuley Westmead, where after graduating she was awarded a one-year development scholarship with Australia's national hockey team, the
Hockeyroos
The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of January 2019, ranked third in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most succes ...
.
Career
Hanna plays the position of forward in
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
. At 16 years old, Hanna was named to the New South Wales hockey team for the first time, competing for the
national title. Her team won the national title in October 2014.
She made her official debut with the Hockeyroos in April 2015. She was part of the 2016 Olympic training squad. That same year, Hanna was part of Australia's bronze medal winning team at the 2016 Junior World Cup.
Hanna was chosen for the Hockeyroos team at the 2017 Hawke's Bay Cup where the Australian team ultimately finished in third place.