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Nova Peris-Kneebone - 1st Indigenous Olympic Gold Medalist

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Nova was the first Aboriginal Australian in history to win an Olympic gold medal [hockey] in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Later switching to athletics, Nova is one of the few Australians to have competed at Olympic level in 2 sports, as she again competed in the 400 metres at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

She is also the first Australian athlete to win international gold medals in two different sports - Olympic hockey and Commonwealth Games track and field.

Born in the Northern Territory on February 25, 1971, Nova [as of 2007] is one of only three Australian mothers to have won an Olympic gold medal.

Career Highlights

1996 & 2000 Olympic games representative - Hockey & Athletics
1993 champions trophy gold medalist - hockey
1994 world cup gold medalist - hockey
1994 captained Aust v India 3 match test series
1995 Champions Trophy gold medalist - hockey
1996 - Olympic Gold Medal in Atlanta [Hockey]
1993- 1996, played 97 International Matches for Australia
1997 World Athletics Championships 4x100m
1998 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist 200m & 100m relay
1999 World Champs semi finalist in 200m & 100m
2000 Sydney Olympics semi finalist 400m
2000 Sydney Olympics 400m Relay 4th
2001 National 400m Champion

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