Jane Claxton

Jane Claxton
Personal information
Full name Jane-Anne Claxton
Born (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 32)
Adelaide, Australia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Adelaide Fire
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Australia 245 (21)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 The Hague
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
FIH Pro League
Silver medal – second place 2019
Bronze medal – third place 2022–23
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changzhou
World League
Silver medal – second place 2012–13 Tucumán Team
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Stratford
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stratford
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sydney
Gold medal – first place 2023 Whangārei
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rockhampton

Jane Claxton (born 26 October 1992) is an Australian field hockey player for Australia.[1] Claxton was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a Gold Medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and member of the team that went to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] She was also named captain of the Hockeyroos in November 2016 for the Tans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand.[3]

  1. ^ "Hockeyroos athlete profiles – Jane Claxton". Hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ^ "South Australian Olympians". Hockey SA. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. ^ "SA's Jane Claxton named Captain of the Hockeyroos for the Trans-Tasman Trophy". Hockey SA. Retrieved 2 January 2017.