ANSLEY Giselle

Date of Birth: 31 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women GBR Great Britain	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W03 GBR Great Britain 1 GER Germany 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W09 RSA South Africa 1 GBR Great Britain 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W14 GBR Great Britain 4 IND India 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W20 GBR Great Britain 0 NED Netherlands 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W30 IRL Ireland 0 GBR Great Britain 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Quarter-final #W32 ESP Spain 2 (0) GBR Great Britain 2 (2)	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Semi-final #W35 NED Netherlands 5 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Bronze Medal Match #W37 GBR Great Britain 4 IND India 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2018	London, GBR

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2020
8	Women	2019

Champions Trophy

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	Changzhou, CHN

World League Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2016/2017	Auckland, NZL

EuroHockey Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017	Amstelveen, NED
4	Women	2019	Antwerp, BEL
5	Women	2021	Amsterdam, NED

Cricket, kayaking, baking. (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 25 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Exercise Science, Sports Science - Loughborough University, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Surbiton [London, GBR] since 2013

Brett Garrard [club]; Mark Hager [national], AUS

Position style:

Defender (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 25 Aug 2019)

Other sports:

She has played cricket at county level in England, representing Devon, and played in the Women's Midlands League from 2008 until 2011. She also made the South of England U19s women's side in 2007. (cricketarchive.com, 2011)

2013 for Great Britain Against South Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa (fih.ch, 05 Feb 2013)

She had Achilles tendon surgery in late 2019, and did not play for Great Britain again until March 2021. (bbc.co.uk, 13 Mar 2021)

She injured her ankle during England's 4-2 loss to Australia in the 2014 Four Nations tournament in Germany. (derbytelegraph.co.uk, 17 May 2014)

National league:

Premier Division [ENG] (surbitonhc.com, 24 Oct 2020)

She began playing hockey at age eight at Plymouth Marjon Hockey Club in England. (marjon.ac.uk, 12 May 2017; devonlife.co.uk, 12 May 2014)

Her mother played for Paignton Hockey Club in England. "I used to watch her from the side of the pitch and I suppose it was only a matter of time before I picked up a stick for myself." (devonlife.co.uk, 12 May 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 04 Nov 2019)

England cricketer James Anderson. (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 01 Jan 2015)

Philosophy:

"Some want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 01 Jan 2015)

In 2018 she was named Hockey Writers' Club Women's Player of the Year. (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 25 Aug 2019; thehockeypaper.co.uk, 16 Jan 2019)

She was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. (devonlive.com, 22 Aug 2017)

In 2017 a newly built hockey pitch at her first club, Plymouth Marjon Hockey Club, was named after her. (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 25 Aug 2019; themixedzone.co.uk, 04 Apr 2018; marjon.ac.uk, 12 May 2017)

She was named the 2013 Sportswoman of the Year at the Loughborough University Athletic Union Ball in England. (loughboroughsport.com, 11 May 2013)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She has worked for a coaching clinic called Living Hockey, which trains players from ages seven to 18 at all levels. She has also worked as head youth coach for Marlow Hockey Club [U11] in England. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019; livinghockey.org, 05 Feb 2014)

GIVING UP CRICKET
She played 22 senior women's cricket matches at county level in England, scoring 289 runs and taking 29 wickets, before quitting the sport to focus on her hockey career after being told to choose between the two. "We had the European U21 [hockey] championships coming and Craig [Keegan], who was then in charge of the U21 programme, said I had to choose between the two. When I was young I never believed I would play hockey for Team GB or England, but when I stopped playing cricket I started to have that dream. It was a no brainer for me because I was one step ahead with hockey, so that is the way I went." (yourlocalguardian.co.uk, 05 Aug 2016)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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