Giselle Kañevsky

Giselle Kañevsky
Personal information
Full nameGiselle Andrea Kañevsky
BornAugust 4, 1985
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
Hacoaj
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
???–PresentHacoaj
National team
2005Argentina U21
2006–2011Argentina134
Infobox last updated on: October 6, 2012

Giselle Andrea Kañevsky (born August 4, 1985, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired field hockey player who is a defender on the national women's hockey team "Las Leonas".[1][2][3]

Kañevsky is Jewish.[4][5] She started playing at age seven, at the country Los Cardales, 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 Women's Hockey World Cup.

In August 2008, she won a bronze medal with the national women's 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 first ladies team of Haagsche Delftsche Mixed Hockey Club (HDM).

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References

  1. ↑ "Hockeyroos suffer injury blow in warm-up draw". The Sydney Morning Herald. August 3, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hockey Sobre Cesped; El primer rugidito". Olé | Diario Deportivo. May 14, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ Independent Newspapers Online (June 5, 2009). "Argentina cruise into final". IOL.co.za. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ Erica Lyons. "Kol Hakavod to the Beijing Medal Winners and other Achievements". Jewish Times Asia. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Jewish Athletes Vie for Medals at Olympics" (PDF). The Canadian Jewish News. August 14, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Argentina names Olympic hockey team". The Hindu. June 3, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

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