Jane Claxton
Jane Claxton (hockey) served as co-captain and was the most-capped player in the Birmingham 2022 Hockeyroos squad with almost 200 international appearances.
The durable midfielder credits her father Bob, a board member of the Oceania Hockey Federation, and brother Matthew who has played for South Australia, for her entry into hockey.
Jane picked up her first hockey stick aged 4, although having to play with the boys nearly put her off the sport. She played club hockey with the Burnside Bulldogs in her hometown of Adelaide, won gold at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and made her international debut later the same year against Korea. In 2014, she helped Australia claim Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow and silver at the World Cup in the Netherlands. Her Olympic debut followed in Rio in 2016. She won silver medals in 2018 at both the Champions Trophy and the Commonwealth Games, while she made her second Olympic team in 2021, where Australia suffered quarter-finals disappointment for the second successive Games. 2022 brought World Cup bronze and Commonwealth Games silver.
The dachshund enthusiast has a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from Curtin University and works in vocational rehabilitation, assisting injured workers to return to their chosen occupation.
Results History
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