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Jodie Kenny

Jodie Kenny (née Schulz; born 18 August 1987) is an Australian field hockey player.[1]

Jodie Kenny
Personal information
Full name Jodie Kenny
Born (1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 36)
Wamuran, Queensland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Queensland Scorchers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2020 Australia 235 (111)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 The Hague
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team
FIH Pro League
Silver medal – second place 2019 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mendoza
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changzhou
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Stratford
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stratford
Silver medal – second place 2011 Hobart
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rockhampton

Kenny 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.[2] She was a member of the Australian team that defeated England in the women's field hockey final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, scoring a goal in the last minute of regular time that took the match into a penalty shoot-out.[3] She plays for the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League.[4]

Personal edit

Schulz was born in Redcliffe,[5] and is from Queensland.[6] As of 2012, she lives in Perth, Western Australia.[5] She attended Wamuran State Primary School before going to St Columbans College. She started working on a Bachelor Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunshine Coast in 2007 and was still enrolled in 2012.[5] She was named the Sunshine Coast Sport Star of the Year senior monthly winner for April 2012.[7]

Jodie married Shane Kenny, a fellow hockey player, in December 2013, changing her surname from Schulz to Kenny.

Field hockey edit

Schulz has held field hockey scholarships with the Australian Institute of Sport and the Queensland Academy of Sport.[8]

She plays for the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League, making her debut in 2009.[9][10]

National team edit

When the Hockeyroos got new coach Adam Commens in January 2011, Schulz was one of four players identified for to aide in developing the national side.[11] In 2011, she made her senior national team debut at the Four Nations Tournament in Argentina, scoring two goals in her first game.[12] Later in the year, in October, she was the national team captain during two games against China.[12] In June 2012, she played in the Investec London Cup.[13][14][15] In the 4–1 win against Ireland in the lead up London, she scored the team's third goal.[16][17][18][19] As of June 2012, she had 43 caps with the Hockeyroos.[11]

Schulz was named to the Australia women's national field hockey squad that will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[6][20][21][22][23] where she made her debut as a 24-year-old, one year after making her senior national team debut.[12]

Jodie was a key part of the Hockeyroos' success in 2014, winning the Hockeyroos World Cup Player of the Year award, as well as the top scorer award with 29 goals. To date Jodie has scored 88 goals from 144 caps, while playing as a defender.[24] Her pump up songs before matches are Daryl Braithwaite's The Horses and Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down.[25]

She was the Hockeyroos's top scorer in 2014 and 2015, winning Hockeyroos player of the year in 2015.[1]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she scored her 100th goal for Australia.[10]

In 2016 after the Rio Olympics, she announced she was taking a break from the sport.[10]

International goals edit

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 February 2011 Mendoza, Argentina   Argentina 2–2 3–2 2011 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
2. 3–2
3. 20 February 2011 Rosario, Argentina   Germany 1–1 2–1 2011 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
4. 2 April 2011 Canberra, Australia   Argentina 1–3 2–3 Test Match
5. 28 June 2011 Amstelveen, Netherlands   Germany 1–0 1–0 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
6. 30 June 2011   China 2–0 2–2
7. 9 October 2011 Hobart, Australia   New Zealand 1–1 2–4 2011 Women's Oceania Cup
8. 26 October 2011 Busselton, Australia   China 1–0 3–1 Test Match
9. 2–1
10. 27 October 2017   China 1–0 1–0
11. 2 November 2011 Perth, Australia   China 1–0 8–1
12. 4–0
13. 6–0
14. 8–0
15. 22 January 2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina   Netherlands 3–1 4–1
16. 9 March 2012 Perth, Australia   South Korea 2–0 5–0
17. 5–0
18. 10 March 2012   South Korea 3–1 3–1
19. 12 April 2012 North Shore, New Zealand   United States 1–0 4–0 2012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
20. 13 April 2012   New Zealand 2–1 3–1
21. 16 April 2012   New Zealand 2–3 2–3
22. 18 April 2012 Auckland, New Zealand   New Zealand 2–1 3–3 2012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
23. 19 April 2012   India 1–0 5–2
24. 3–1
25. 21 April 2012   United States 1–0 5–1
26. 2 June 2012 London, United Kingdom   Great Britain 1–0 3–1 Test Match
27. 10 August 2012   China 1–0 2–0 2012 Summer Olympics
28. 29 September 2012 Dublin, Ireland   Belgium 1–0 4–1 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
29. 30 September 2012   India 3–1 8–1
30. 8–1
31. 6 October 2012   Scotland 1–0 2–0
32. 7 October 2012   United States 5–1 6–1
33. 6–1
34. 7 February 2013 Cape Town, South Africa   England 2–0 3–1 2013 Women's Hockey Investec Cup
35. 23 June 2013 London, United Kingdom   England 1–1 1–1 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
36. 27 June 2013   United States 4–1 4–1
37. 24 October 2013 Perth, Australia   Canada 3–0 3–0 Test Match
38. 31 October 2013 Stratford, New Zealand   Samoa 8–0 23–0 2013 Women's Oceania Cup
39. 2 November 2013   Papua New Guinea 21–0 26–0
40. 25–0
41. 1 December 2013 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina   China 5–1 5–1 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
42. 3 December 2013   New Zealand 4–1 5–1
43. 7 December 2013   England 1–0 3–0
44. 22 January 2014 Stellenbosch, South Africa   South Africa 2–1 3–3 Test Match
45. 25 January 2014   South Africa 1–0 4–1
46. 22 March 2014 Kalgoorlie, Australia   Japan 2–0 3–1
47. 3–0
48. 25 March 2014 Perth, Australia   Japan 1–0 5–2
49. 28 March 2014   Japan 2–0 5–2
50. 10 April 2014 Hastings, New Zealand   South Korea 2–1 5–2 2014 Hawke's Bay Cup
51. 15 May 2014 Bremen, Germany   England 4–2 4–2 2014 Women's Four Nations Cup
52. 17 May 2014   Japan 2–0 6–1
53. 6–1
54. 5 June 2014 The Hague, Netherlands   Belgium 2–1 3–2 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup
55. 3–2
56. 24 July 2014 Glasgow, Scotland   Malaysia 1–0 4–0 2014 Commonwealth Games
57. 25 July 2014   Wales 1–0 9–0
58. 3–0
59. 5–0
60. 27 July 2014   Scotland 1–0 9–0
61. 3–0
62. 4–0
63. 28 July 2014   England 1–0 3–0
64. 3–0
65. 2 August 2014   England 1–1 1–1 (3–1 p)
66. 18 November 2014 Wellington, New Zealand   New Zealand 1–2 3–3 Test Match
67. 29 November 2014 Mendoza, Argentina   England 1–0 2–1 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
68. 2–1
69. 2 December 2014   Germany 2–0 3–1
70. 4 December 2014   Japan 2–0 4–1
71. 3–1
72. 5 April 2015 Sydney, Australia   China 2–2 3–2 Test Match
73. 3–2
74. 12 April 2015 Hastings, New Zealand   China 2–1 2–2 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup
75. 18 April 2015   China 2–1 3–2
76. 19 April 2015   New Zealand 3–2 3–2
77. 21 June 2015 Antwerp, Belgium   Poland 1–0 9–0 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
78. 3–0
79. 5–0
80. 7–0
81. 24 June 2015   Belgium 1–0 2–0
82. 27 June 2015   India 1–0 4–2
83. 2–1
84. 3–2
85. 4–2
86. 30 June 2015   Italy 1–0 2–0
87. 22 October 2015 Stratford, New Zealand   Samoa 1–0 25–0 2015 Women's Oceania Cup
88. 8–0
89. 12–0
90. 24 November 2015   New Zealand 2–2 2–2
91. 6 December 2015 Rosario, Argentina   Argentina 1–1 2–1 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
92. 5 April 2016 Hastings, New Zealand   Canada 2–0 4–0 2016 Hawke's Bay Cup
93. 10 April 2016   China 3–0 3–1
94. 31 May 2016 Darwin, Australia   Japan 1–0 3–1 2016 Women's International Hockey Open
95. 19 June 2016 London, United Kingdom   New Zealand 2–1 3–1 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
96. 25 June 2016   Great Britain 4–1 4–1
97. 10 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   India 5–0 6–1 2016 Summer Olympics
98. 6–0

References edit

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External links edit

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