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20 years ago today, Nova Peris won gold in the 200m at the Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games. Relive the moment. | gold medal, Kuala Lumpur
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Nova Peris (b. 1971) is a trailblazer for Indigenous Australians in sport and politics. She is the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal and the first female Indigenous federal parliamentarian.1
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Nova Peris Peris's gold hockey medal at Atlanta in 1996 made her the first Aboriginal person to win Olympic gold. Dunc Gray Gray won Australia's first gold medal for cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.. She won medals at each, including gold in the 80m hurdles in 1952 and 1956, and the 4x100m relay in 1956..
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Peris was the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal when she represented Australia in hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. The team also won gold at the 1994 World Cup in Dublin and the Champions Trophy in 1993 and 1995.
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Nova Peris, is an Australian hockey player who won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games. Learn more about Nova's Olympic journey and achievements here.
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Olympic Results Biography Novis Peris-Kneebone started out in athletics in hockey (field), winning Olympic gold in 1996. She also won titles with the Hockeyroos at the 1994 World Cup and the 1993 and 1995 Champions Trophy.
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Torch Bearer Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal person to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Atlanta 1996 for field hockey. She then switched sports to Athletics and ran at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. She is the only person in the entire world to make back-to-back Summer Olympic Games finals, consecutive Olympics in different sports!
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25/02/1971 - Nova Peris OAM was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2023 as an Athlete Member for her contribution to the multi-sports of athletics and hockey.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Posted on October 9, 2020May 31, 2022 by Nova Peris Nova Peris became the first Aboriginal person to win an Olympic gold medal when she was a member of the victorious Hockeyroos team in Atlanta in 1996. She also became the first mother to be a gold medalist for Australia since Shirley Strickland in 1956.
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Nova Peris You know those girls who are great at sport? That was Nova. She practised hockey endlessly in her backyard until one day she became the first Indigenous woman to win an Olympic gold medal but she wasn't finished.
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The statue commemorates Nova Peris, the first indigenous Australian to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the first indigenous woman to be elected to Federal Parliament. On July 14, 2021, a bronze statue of Nova Peris OAM OLY was unveiled at Fed Square. Created by internationally-renowned artists Gillie and Marc in collaboration with Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Warung descendent and artist Jandamarra.
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Nova Peris - Australia's first aboriginal Olympic champion How the hockey-player from Darwin broke barriers by winning an Olympic gold medal in 1996 Show more Download Choose your file.
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John Christophersen: Sean Kneebone: Nova was hesitant to include the details of her relationship with Sean Kneebone in her autobiography, because it was "bad from the word go", and she has since moved on with Daniel Batman (p.266) However, she also recognizes that her relationship with Sean is an important element of her life story. (p.266)
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Nova Maree Peris OAM (born 25 February 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician. As part of the Australian women's field hockey ( Hockeyroos) team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
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Olympic Gold Medallist 1997 Young Australian of the Year Nova Peris was born in Darwin and was the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal. After becoming a mother at nineteen, Peris showed sheer determination to become a leading Australian athlete.
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Final medal tally Who was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal? Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal, competing in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Games.