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]
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| Full name | Giselle Andrea Kañevsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 4, 1985 Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hacoaj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ???–Present | Hacoaj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Argentina U21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011, 2019-2020 | Argentina | 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: October 6, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Hockeyroos suffer injury blow in warm-up draw". The Sydney Morning Herald. August 3, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Hockey Sobre Cesped; El primer rugidito". Olé | Diario Deportivo. May 14, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Independent Newspapers Online (June 5, 2009). "Argentina cruise into final". IOL.co.za. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Erica Lyons. "Kol Hakavod to the Beijing Medal Winners and other Achievements". Jewish Times Asia. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Jewish Athletes Vie for Medals at Olympics" (PDF). The Canadian Jewish News. August 14, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Argentina names Olympic hockey team". The Hindu. June 3, 2008. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
External links
edit- Giselle Kañevsky at Olympics.com
- Giselle Kañevsky at Olympedia
- Gisi Kañevsky at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Giselle Kañevsky at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- Confederación Argentina de Hockey (Argentine Hockey Confederation) (in Spanish)
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