Giselle Kañevsky

Giselle Kañevsky
Personal information
Full name	Giselle Andrea Kañevsky
Born	August 4, 1985 (age 38); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Hacoaj
Senior career
Years	Team
???–Present	Hacoaj
National team
Years	Team
2005	Argentina U21
2006–2011, 2019-2020	Argentina
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Argentina
Summer Olympics
World Cup
Champions Trophy
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup
	Last updated on: October 6, 2012

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]

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.

References

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^ Erica Lyons. "Kol Hakavod to the Beijing Medal Winners and other Achievements". Jewish Times Asia. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
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