Jane Claxton

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 Trans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand.^[3]

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	Caps	Goals
2013–	Australia	245	(21)
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing  Australia World Cup 2014 The Hague 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2018 Gold Coast Team 2022 Birmingham Team FIH Pro League 2019 2022–23 Champions Trophy 2018 Changzhou World League 2012–13 Tucumán Team Oceania Cup 2013 Stratford 2015 Stratford 2017 Sydney 2023 Whangārei 2019 Rockhampton

Playing career

Club hockey

Claxton played club hockey in Adelaide for the Burnside Bulldogs. Whilst living in Perth, she plays for Victoria Park Xavier Panthers (VPX) Premier League Women's competition.

State hockey

Claxton played state representative hockey for South Australia in Under 12 (SAPSASA), Under 13, Under 15, Under 16(Secondary Schools), Under 18 and Under 21. In 2012, Claxton was Player of the Tournament at the U21 Women's National Hockey Championships where South Australia finished 2nd.

She has played eight years (2009–2016) in the Australian Hockey League including two years as Captain in 2015 and 2016.

In 2011, Claxton was a member of the Australian Hockey League team the SA Suns that won the national championship.^[4] She was Player of the Tournament at the 2015 Australian Hockey League held in Sydney.^[5]

International hockey

Claxton has played over 200 international games for the Hockeyroos, including the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup.

Her tournaments include:

• 2013 – World League Semi-final (London, England) – 1st
• 2013 – Women's Hockey Junior World Cup (Mönchengladbach, Germany) – 6th
• 2013 – Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) – 1st
• 2013 – World League Finals (Tucuman, Argentina) – 2nd
• 2014 – Women's Hockey World Cup (The Hague, Netherlands) – 2nd
• 2014 – Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland) – 1st^[6]
• 2015 – World League Semi-final (Antwerp, Belgium) – 3rd
• 2015 – Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) – 1st
• 2015 – World League Finals (Rosario, Argentina) – 6th
• 2016 – Champions Trophy (London, Great Britain) – 4th
• 2016 – Rio Summer Olympics – quarter finals^[6][7][8]

Claxton captained the Hockeyroos in November 2016 for the Trans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand.^[3]

Claxton qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1-0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.^[9]

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	31 October 2013	TET MultiSports Centre, Stratford, New Zealand	Samoa	3–0	23–0	2013 Oceania Cup	[10]
2	2 November 2013		PNG	26–0	26–0		[11]
3	21 March 2014	Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association, Kalgoorlie, Australia	Japan	5–1	6–1	Test match	[12]
4	12 April 2014	Hawke's Bay Sports Park, Hastings, New Zealand	New Zealand	3–1	4–2	2014 Hawke's Bay Cup	[13]
5	20 May 2014	Royal Beerschot Hockey Club, Kontich, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	3–1	Test match	[14]
6	1 August 2014	Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	South Africa	5–0	7–1	2014 Commonwealth Games	[15]
7	4 July 2015	KHC Dragons, Antwerp, Belgium	New Zealand	2–0	4–2	2014–15 HWL Semi-finals	[16]
8	22 October 2015	TET MultiSports Centre, Stratford, New Zealand	Samoa	6–0	25–0	2015 Oceania Cup	[17]
9				24–0
10	10 August 2016	Olympic Hockey Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	India	3–0	6–1	2016 Summer Olympics	[18]
11	4 April 2017	Hawke's Bay Sports Park, Hastings, New Zealand	United States	1–0	3–1	2017 Hawke's Bay Cup	[19]
12	15 October 2017	Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia	New Zealand	1–0	2–0	2017 Oceania Cup	[20]
13	9 November 2017	State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia	United States	1–2	3–2	2017 IFOH	[21]
14	7 April 2018	Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Ghana	3–0	5–0	2018 Commonwealth Games	[22]
15	2 February 2019	State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	2019 FIH Pro League	[23]
16	9 June 2019	Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England	Great Britain	3–0	4–2		[24]
17	16 June 2019	Crefelder Hockey und Tennis Club, Krefeld, Germany	Germany	1–0	3–1		[25]
18				2–0
19	13 February 2023	Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia	China	1–2	2–2	2022–23 FIH Pro League	[26]
20	29 May 2024	Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	2–2	2023–24 FIH Pro League	[27]
21	9 June 2024	Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England	Germany	2–2	2–2		[28]

Personal life

Claxton lives in Perth, Western Australia, as part of the national training program, having grown up in Adelaide, South Australia. Claxton's older brother, Matthew Claxton, also plays hockey, and has represented South Australia in the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Hotshots and was the Hockey SA Premier League Best and Fairest in 2014.

She represented South Australia in cross country and athletics, competed in district netball, tennis and swimming before settling into hockey as her sport of choice.^[29]

Recognition and awards

• 2012 – Player of the Tournament – U21 Women's National Hockey Championships
• 2013 – South Australian Sports Institute Junior Female Athlete of the Year 2013^[7]
• 2015 – Australian Hockey League Player of the Tournament^[5]