Karli Johansen

December 3, 2020 - 1 minute read

Member of Canadian Women’s National Team

  • Current Defender & Drag flicker on the Canadian Women’s National Team
  • Karli will represent Canada in the World Cup, July 2022 & Commonwealth Games, August 2022

 

  • Selected for the Junior National Team in 2012
  • Participated in the Junior World Cup (2013)
  • Two-time Pan American Elite Team member

 

Karli began her love of the sport of field hockey with the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club’s Spring League when she was 10 years of age.

Karli was always a multi-sport athlete until the end of her high school year, participating in a variety of sports at different times of the school year, but really focused on soccer and field hockey

Education

  • Karli graduated from Handsworth Secondary, North Vancouver in 2010
  • Attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 2014
  • Obtained a BA in Health & Human Physiology
  • NCCP Competition Development certification

Highlights Include:

  • First senior cap in 2013 in Dublin, Ireland
  • Junior World Cup 2013
  • Commonwealth Games 2014, 2018
  • Pan American Games 2015 (bronze), 2019 (silver)
  • Played overseas in Australia and Belgium, and coached in Belgium and Canada

Karli loves coaching and is passionate about sharing with the next generation of athletes, her knowledge, skills, abilities, and overall expertise that she has gained playing and coaching Field Hockey in Canada and around the world.

Karli’s favourite components to teach in the sport of Field Hockey are positional skills and tactics, and specialist skills