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Giselle Kañevsky
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Personal information
Full name Giselle Andrea Kañevsky
Born (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985 (age 39)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Hacoaj
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
???–Present Hacoaj
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Argentina U21
2006–2011, 2019-2020 Argentina 134
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Summer Olympics
Bronze 2008 Beijing Team
World Cup
Gold 2010 Rosario Team
Bronze 2006 Madrid Team
Champions Trophy
Gold 2009 Sydney Team
Gold 2010 Nottingham Team
Silver 2007 Quilmes Team
Silver 2011 Amstelveen Team
Pan American Games
Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold 2019 Lima Team
Pan American Cup
Gold 2009 Hamilton Team
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.

Kañevsky is Jewish. 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. 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.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Giselle Kañevsky para niños

  • List of select Jewish field hockey players
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