Kaitlin Nobbs: Adding to the family's Olympic legacy
Published Thu 22 Jul 2021
Ask Olympic hockey debutant Kaitlin Nobbs who the best player in her family is, and her answer is as fast and direct as the jab tackle which has earned her a position as one of the world’s most promising defenders, “Mum still hits the ball the best”.
But she’s quick to add, “It depends on what you value.”
A third-generation Australian hockey representative, Nobbs adds to her family legacy in Tokyo when she takes to the pitch at Oi Hockey Stadium as a member of the Hockeyroos.
The 23-year-old defender follows in the footsteps of her parents, Lee Capes (gold 1988) and Michael Nobbs (1984), her auntie Michelle Hager (gold 1988, 1992) and uncle Mark Hager (1988, bronze 1996).
Her “Nana” June Capes and “Great Auntie Shirley” Tonkin both represented Australia prior to women’s hockey being included at the 1980 Moscow Games.
