Nova Peris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian politician, hockey player and sprinter
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Place of Birth: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
About Nova Peris
- Nova Maree Peris (born 25 February 1971) is an indigenous Australian athlete and former politician.
- As part of the Australian women's hockey (Hockeyroos) team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
- She later switched sports to sprinting and went to the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 2000 Olympic Games.
- She was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2013 federal election, after then Prime Minister Julia Gillard named her as a "captain's pick", installing her as the preselected Labor candidate over incumbent Labor senator Trish Crossin.
- She retired from the Senate in 2016.
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See Also
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