Jill Gohdes

Jill Gohdes (née Dwyer) (born 19 May 1990) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who played as a forward.

Personal life Jill Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Matthew Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have four children.

Career

Domestic hockey

Club hockey In her home competition, Division 1 of Hockey Queensland's BWHA, Gohdes represents the Easts Tigers. Her AHL career spanned seven years, from 2009 to 2015. Throughout this time, she won two AHL titles, in 2013 and 2015.

International hockey

Under–21 In 2008, Gohdes made her first appearance for her country as a member of the Australia U–21 side, the Jillaroos, at the Junior Oceania Cup in Brisbane. At the tournament, Australia won gold, directly qualifying to the 2009 FIH Junior World Cup in Boston.

Gohdes represented the team on two occasions in 2009. Her first tournament was at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning a silver medal. Gohdes was called up to make her debut for Australia in 2011, during a four-nations tournament in Rosario. She followed this with a string of appearances during test series' in October against India and China, respectively.

She was again named in the development squad in 2012, however did not make any further appearances for the Hockeyroos.