Bianca Joyce | |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1990 |
Birth Place: | Nantawarra, South Australia |
Position: | Midfielder |
Nationalyears1: | 2011–2013 |
Nationalteam1: | Australia |
Nationalcaps1: | 38 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Bianca Joyce (née Greenshields; born 21 March 1990)[1] is a former Australian field hockey player, who played as a midfielder.[2]
Bianca Joyce was born in Nantawarra, South Australia.[3]
She married her husband, Tom, in 2013 and the pair now reside in Crystal Brook.[4]
During her career, Joyce was a member of Port Adelaide District Hockey Club before she moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2011 to join the Hockey Australia High Performance Program, as a member of the Hockeyroos squad.[5]
Following a successful campaign in the 2010 AHL, Joyce was called up to make her debut for the Australian national team in 2011. She made her official debut in February 2011, in a test match against Argentina.[6]
In November 2011, following her string of performances throughout the year, Joyce was named in the Hockeyroos 27 player training squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom.[7] After failing to make the Olympics, Joyce was a member of the team at the 2012 Champions Challenge I in Dublin, Ireland, where she won a gold medal.[8]
Joyce retired in 2013 after making 38 appearances for Australia.[9]
Goal | Date | Location | width=90 | Opponent | data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%" | Score | data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%" | Result | Competition | |
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1 | 18 October 2011 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia | 6–0 | 6–0 | [10] |