Danielle Hennig

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Danielle Hennig
Personal information
Born (1990-12-23) December 23, 1990 (age 33)
Kelowna, British Columbia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Field hockey
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team

Danielle Hennig (born December 23, 1990, in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a female field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team [1] as a defender at the 2011 Pan American Games, [2] 2013 Women's Pan American Cup, [3] and 2014 Commonwealth Games, [4] and the 2015 Pan American Games, 2018 Commonwealth games, and 2019 Pan American games where the team won a historic silver medal. After just narrowly missing out on qualifying for the 2020 Olympics, Danielle retired in December 2021, at the time being the second highest capped female player ever for Canada having played 200 official international matches over her career.

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References

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  2. Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games#Field hockey
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