Jill Gohdes | |
Birth Date: | 1990 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Queensland |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2009–2015 |
Clubs1: | QLD Scorchers |
Caps1: | 62 |
Goals1: | 11 |
Nationalyears1: | 2008–2009 |
Nationalteam1: | Australia U–21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 2011 |
Nationalteam2: | Australia |
Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Jill Gohdes (née Dwyer) (born 19 May 1990)[1] is a former field hockey player from Australia, who played as a forward.[2]
Jill Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Matthew Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child.[3] [4]
In her home competition, Division 1 of Hockey Queensland's BWHA, Gohdes represents the Easts Tigers.[3]
Gohdes made her debut in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2009, as a member of the Queensland Scorchers.[5] Her AHL career spanned seven years, from 2009 to 2015. Throughout this time, she won two AHL titles, in 2013 and 2015.[6]
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 Brisbane.[7] At the tournament, Australia won gold, directly qualifying to the 2009 FIH Junior World Cup in Boston.[8]
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.[8] This was followed by an appearance at the FIH Junior World Cup, where the team finished 5th.
Despite being a member of the development squad,[9] Gohdes was called up to make her debut for Australia in 2011, during a four-nations tournament in Rosario.[10] She followed this with a string of appearances during test series' in October against India and China, respectively.[11]
She was again named in the development squad in 2012, however did not make any further appearances for the Hockeyroos.[12]