Kaitlin Nobbs

Fast Facts

Sport: Hockey
Event: Women's
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 1997
State Born: WA

About Kaitlin

For Kaitlin Nobbs, Hockey is a part of her DNA with the sport playing a major role in her family history. Her mother, Lee Capes, is a Hockeyroo gold medallist from the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. While her father, Michael Nobbs, represented Australia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and coached the Indian team at the London 2012 Olympics.

A talented player herself, Kaitlin was selected to play at the 2016 Junior World Cup where Australia claimed the bronze medal.

The midfielder rose to the senior ranks that same year, making her Hockeyroos debut in May 2016 at the International Hockey Open in Darwin.

She cited watching her mum and auntie play for Australia to be her biggest inspiration and draws on their experiences of being on the Hockeyroos team.

Kaitlin was a member of the 2018 Commonwealth Games team, claiming a silver medal with the Hockeyroos. She also claimed silver in the 2018 Champions Trophy and 2019 FIH Pro League.

Her rise through the adult ranks was emphasised with her being named a joint winner of Hockey Australia’s Player of the Year in 2019.

Kaitlin made her Olympic debut as part of the Hockeyroos squad that travelled to Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (in 2021). An undefeated group stage for Australia was followed up by a tense quarter-final loss against India, which ended 1-0.