Giselle Anne Ansley, (born 31 March 1992) is an English

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

player who plays as a defender in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for

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and the

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

and

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national teams. Ansley was educated at

Churston Ferrers Grammar School Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also known as CFGS) is a selective coeducational Grammar School with Academy status, situated in the village of Galmpton in Torbay, South Devon, England. It is also a specialist Humanities College. Year 7 annua ...

Brixham Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish, the smallest and southernmost of the three main population centres (the others being Paignton and Torquay) on the coast of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Commercial fish ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

. She was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.

Club career

Ansley plays club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for

. She previously played club hockey in the

Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011-2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format Regu ...

Premier Division for

Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it h ...

. She has also played club hockey for Loughborough Students an
Plymouth Marjon

International career

Ansley made her international debut in 2013. She competed for

in the women's hockey tournament at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where she won a silver medal. She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...

, winning a gold medal in a

penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

against the defending champions

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Great Britain Hockey Field hockey in Great Britain is governed by Great Britain Hockey. The organisation focuses on international competition only. Governance GB Hockey administers the National Men's and Women's hockey teams for both Great Britain and the home nati ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ansley, Giselle 1992 births Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England English female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Loughborough University Loughborough Students field hockey players People from Kingsbridge Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British female field hockey players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Members of the Order of the British Empire Female field hockey defenders Surbiton Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics People educated at Churston Ferrers Grammar School Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games