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| Born | 2 April 1999 Waterloo, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Canada U–21 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Canada | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jordyn Faiczak (born 2 April 1999) [1] is a field hockey player from Canada. [2]
Jordyn Faiczak was born and raised in Waterloo, Ontario. [3] [2] [4] She has a younger sister named Taylor. [5] Faiczak attended the Bluevale Collegiate Institute. [6] She later attended the University of British Columbia. [7]
Faiczak began playing field hockey in grade seven [8] and joined her first provincial field hockey team when she was in grade nine. [9] As a forward for her high school team, the Bluevale Knights, Faiczak was an all-Ontario (OFSAA) champion. [6] It was the school's first OFSAA gold-medal. [10] The team, with Faiczak, had placed second and third in the two years prior. [5] She also played for the Guelph Gators [5] and was on Ontario's under-18 team when they won the U18 field hockey championship in 2017. [11]
During university, Faiczak played for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. [7] In 2017, Faiczak and the Thunderbirds won a USports championship. [8]
Faiczak made her debut for the Canadian U–21 team in 2016, at the Pan American Junior Championship in Tacarigua. [12] [5] The team placed fourth overall. [6]
She represented the team three years later in a four–nations tournament in Dublin. [12]
In 2021, she was a member of the gold medal-winning team at her second Pan American Junior Championship. [13] [14] She was unable to compete with the team in South Africa at the Junior World Cup later that year due to age restrictions. [6]
Jordyn Faiczak debuted for the national team in 2017 during a test series against Chile and India. [2]
She won her first medal in 2022, taking home bronze at the Pan American Cup in Santiago. [15] [16] Later that year, she was named starting midfielder for the squad for the FIH World Cup in Amsterdam and Terrassa. [17] Faiczak will also represent Canada at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. [8]
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