Giselle Ansley

Giselle Anne Ansley (born 31 March 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for the England and Great Britain national teams.

Biography Ansley was educated at Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Brixham, Devon.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.

In 2018, she received an honorary degree from Loughborough University.

Club career Ansley plays club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HGC.

She played club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton, Loughborough Students and Plymouth Marjon.

Ansley returned to Surbiton and during the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Surbiton team that finished runner-up in the league behind Reading.

International career Ansley made her international debut in 2013. She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.

She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, winning a gold medal in a penalty shootout against the defending champions Netherlands.

Having won a combined 173 caps for England and Great Britain, Ansley announced her retirement from international hockey in September 2024.