GILLES Vanessa

Date of Birth: 11 Mar 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: CHATEAUGUAY, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : FRANCE

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women CAN Canada	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #01 JPN Japan 1 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #08 CHI Chile 1 CAN Canada 2	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Women's Group E #14 CAN Canada 1 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #22 CAN Canada 0 (4) PSO BRA Brazil 0 (3)	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Women's Semi-final #24 USA United States 0 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Gold Medal Match #26 SWE Sweden 1 (2) CAN Canada 1 (3) PSO	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Playing board games, baking, reading, cooking, going to markets, learning Spanish. (canadasoccer.com, 01 Jan 2020; olympic.ca, 21 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Criminology - University of Cincinnati, United States of America

Languages spoken:

English, French

Girondins de Bordeaux [France] since 2018/19

Pedro Martinez Losa [club], ESP; Bev Priestman [national], GBR

Position style:

Defender (gobearcats.com, 23 Jun 2021)

Other sports:

She played tennis at junior level up to age 15 in Canada. She was also enrolled in a specialised sport-study programme for tennis. (ottawasportspages.ca, 18 Apr 2019; thestar.com, 10 Jun 2021)

National league:

Division 1 Feminine [FRA] (soccerway.com, 04 Mar 2021)

She took up football at age 16 at Capital United Soccer Club in Ottawa, ON, Canada. She began as a goalkeeper before switching to a defender. (canadasoccer.com, 01 Jan 2020; thestar.com, 10 Jun 2021)

She liked the team aspect of the sport, and was inspired to represent the Canadian national team after watching the 2015 World Cup in Canada. Her brother and friends at school also played football. "I was surrounded by soccer, and [her brother] Joe let me play on the team pretty easily. Having all my friends at school on the soccer team made it an easy transition [from tennis]." (olympic.ca, 21 Jun 2021; ottawasportspages.ca, 18 Apr 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (shescores.ca, 11 Jun 2021)

She always puts her equipment on from right to left. (olympic.ca, 21 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Hard work beats talent." (olympic.ca, 21 Jun 2021)

During her time at the University of Cincinnati, she was named 2015 American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Tournament. (gobearcats.com, 12 Sep 2016)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING CANADA
Born in Canada to a French father and a Canadian mother, she lived in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, until age 12 when her family moved to Ottawa, ON, Canada. In 2018 she was invited to a training camp for the France U23 national team and played one match for the U23 team against Belgium. In 2019 she announced her intention to represent Canada in senior international competition. "You can't say no to the country where you started playing soccer." (canadasoccer.com, 01 Jan 2020; olympic.ca, 21 Jun 2021; sportsnet.ca, 20 May 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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