| Gabrielle Nance | |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1994 |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Adelaide Fire |
| Clubs1: | SA Suns |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Clubs2: | Adelaide Fire |
| Years2: | 2019– |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014– |
| Nationalteam1: | Australia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 72 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 8 |
Gabrielle Nance (born 29 July 1994)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia who plays as a forward.[2]
Gabrielle Nance was born and raised in Kingscliff, New South Wales.[3]
Nance relocated to Adelaide in 2014 to represent SA in national competitions.[4]
In the Australian Hockey League, Nance was a member of the SA Suns.[5] She represented the team from 2014 to 2017.[4]
In 2019, Nance was named in the Adelaide Fire squad for the inaugural tournament of Hockey Australia's new domestic league, Hockey One.[6]
Nance made her debut for the Hockeyroos in 2014 during a test series against New Zealand in Wellington.[7] Following her debut, Nance won her first medal with Australia at the Champions Trophy in Mendoza; the team finished in second place, winning a silver medal.[8]
In 2016, Nance represented her country at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9]
Following her silver medal-winning appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast,[10] Nance made the decision to take a break from international hockey to reignite her passion for the game.[11]
Nance returned to the national squad in 2020.[12] [11]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2015 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia | 2–0 | 2–0 | [13] | |||||
| 2 | 16 February 2016 | 1–1 | 3–3 | [14] | ||||||
| 3 | 27 November 2016 | State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia | 2–1 | 3–1 | [15] | |||||
| 4 | 12 October 2017 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia | 4–0 | 23–0 | [16] | |||||
| 5 | 6–0 | |||||||||
| 6 | 18 November 2017 | State Hockey Centre, Adelaide, Australia | 3–0 | 8–1 | [17] | |||||
| 7 | 16 January 2018 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia | 1–0 | 1–1 | [18] | |||||
| 8 | 26 January 2020 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia | 1–0 | 1–1 | [19] |