Nora Goddard-Despot
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| Born |
10 January 2001 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Canada U–21 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Canada | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nora Goddard-Despot (born 10 January 2001)[1] is a field hockey player from Canada.[2][3]
Personal life
Nora Goddard-Despot was born and raised in North Vancouver.[2] She has two younger sisters, Arden and Stella, who also play representative field hockey for Canada.[4][5]
She studied at Providence College.[6]
Field hockey
Under–21
Goddard-Despot made her junior international debut in 2019 at an invitational tournament in Dublin.[7]
She didn't represent the junior national team again until 2021, where she competed at the postponed Junior Pan American Cup in Santiago. At the tournament, the Canadian team made history, winning gold for the first time and qualifying for the FIH Junior World Cup.[8] She made the journey to South Africa later that year to compete in the Junior World Cup, however the tournament was postponed due to an outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.[4][9]
In 2022 Goddard-Despot returned to South Africa, competing in the postponed FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.[7]
Senior national team
Goddard-Despot made her senior international debut in 2024. She earned her first cap in a test match against Scotland in Glasgow.[7] She then went on to appear at her first major tournament, representing Canada at the 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup in Terrassa.[10][11]
International goals
The following is a list of goals scored by Goddard-Despot at international level.[7]
| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 June 2024 | Estadi Martí Colomer, Terrassa, Spain | South Korea | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup | [12] |
References
- ^ "Team Details – Canada". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Nora Goddard-Despot". fieldhockey.thedev.ca. Field Hockey Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Nora Goddard-Despot – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Sisters who were stranded in South Africa last year head back for field hockey Junior World Cup". nsnews.com. North Shore News. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Question and Answer with the Goddard-Despots". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Nora Goddard-Despot". friars.com. Providence College. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d "GODDARD-DESPOT Nora". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Chile Men and Canada Women Junior Pan American Champions". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Canadian field hockey players heading home from South Africa after travel exemption granted". ca.sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's National Team - FIH Nations Cup". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Canada: Field Hockey National Teams make strides at Nations Cups in Europe". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "South Korea 2–2 Canada". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 January 2025.