Bianca Wood

{{Short description|South African field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Use South African English|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

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| caption = Test field hockey: South Africa v Germany 26 November 2023

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|02|20|df=y}}

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| position = forward

| currentclub = Old Williamsonian Hockey Club{{Cite instagram |user=owhockeyclub |postid=DAnUD9pxjkU |title=A huge, OWHC welcome to the 2 international players joining our ladies section this year! |date=2 Oct 2024}}

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| years1 = 2017-2018

| clubs1 = St. Lucia Lakers

| years2 = 2019

| clubs2 = Namaqualand Daisies

| years3 = 2024-Present

| clubs3 = Old Williamsonian Hockey Club

| nationalyears1 = 2020

| nationalteam1 = South Africa U–21

| nationalcaps1 = 39

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 2019-present

| nationalteam2 = South Africa

| nationalcaps2 = 16

| nationalgoals2 = 1

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{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{RSA}}}}

| updated = 6 November 2022

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Bianca Wood (born 20 February 2000){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1388/reports/teams |title=Team Details – South Africa |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=27 June 2022}} is a field hockey player from South Africa.

Personal life

Wood attended Clarendon High School for Girls, East London.{{Cite web |title=Clarendon edge Hudson in thriller |url=https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2019-05-16-clarendon-edge-hudson-in-thriller/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=HeraldLIVE |language=en-ZA}}

Career

=Under–21=

Wood made her debut for the South Africa U–21 in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.{{Cite web |title=JWC 2022 {{!}} SA Junior Womens Squad announced - South African Hockey Association |url=https://www.sahockey.co.za/sa-teams/sa-u21-women/815-jwc-2022-sa-junior-womens-squad-announced |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.sahockey.co.za |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516175838/https://sahockey.co.za/sa-teams/sa-u21-women/815-jwc-2022-sa-junior-womens-squad-announced |url-status=dead }}

=National team=

Wood made her senior international debut for South Africa in 2019, during a test series against Namibia in Randburg.{{Cite web |title=2019 Test matches RSA v NAM (Women) |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1115/ |website=FIH}} In May 2022, she was named in the squad for the FIH World Cup in Terrassa and Amsterdam.{{cite web |url=https://www.sahockey.co.za/sa-teams/sa-women |title=SA Hockey Women named for FIH Hockey World Cup |publisher=South African Hockey Association |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=27 June 2022}} Shortly after this announcement, she was also named in the squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web |url=https://www.sapeople.com/2022/06/10/athletes-named-to-represent-team-sa-at-2022-commonwealth-games/ |title=Athletes Named to Represent Team SA at 2022 Commonwealth Games |publisher=SA People News |website=sapeople.com |date=10 June 2022 |accessdate=27 June 2022}}

Awards

  • 2019 PHL Women - Young Player of the Tournament{{Cite web|title=CTM PHL 2019 ends with two worthy champions – South African Hockey Association|url=https://www.sahockey.co.za/sa-teams/591-ctm-phl-2019-ends-with-two-worthy-champions|access-date=2022-02-18|website=www.sahockey.co.za}}

References

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