Giselle Kañevsky

Giselle Kañevsky
Personal information
Full nameGiselle Andrea Kañevsky
Born (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
Youth career
Team
– Hacoaj
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
???–Present Hacoaj - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2005 Argentina U21 -
2006–2011, 2019-2020 Argentina 134 -
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2010 RosarioTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 MadridTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2009 SydneyTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 NottinghamTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 QuilmesTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 AmstelveenTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place2009 HamiltonTeam
Updated on October 6, 2012

Giselle Andrea Kañevsky (born August 4, 1985, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender on the Argentina national team.[1][2][3]

Kañevsky is Jewish.[4][5] She started playing hockey at age seven in Los Cardales Club, moving to Náutico Hacoaj three years later. In 2005, she was part of the National Junior Championship, and a year later had her debut with the senior team, finishing third at the World Cup.

In August 2008, she won the bronze medal with the national field hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6] In September of the same year she moved to the Netherlands to play with the team of Haagsche Delftsche Mixed Hockey Club (HDM). In 2010, she won the World Cup held in Rosario, Argentina.

In 2019, she returned to the national team after an eight-year gap under the coaching of Carlos Retegui.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hockeyroos suffer injury blow in warm-up draw". The Sydney Morning Herald. August 3, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hockey Sobre Cesped; El primer rugidito". Olé | Diario Deportivo. May 14, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ Independent Newspapers Online (June 5, 2009). "Argentina cruise into final". IOL.co.za. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ Erica Lyons. "Kol Hakavod to the Beijing Medal Winners and other Achievements". Jewish Times Asia. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Jewish Athletes Vie for Medals at Olympics" (PDF). The Canadian Jewish News. August 14, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Argentina names Olympic hockey team". The Hindu. June 3, 2008. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
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