Nova Peris
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Nova Peris is a field hockey player from Australia, best known for Nova.
Quick Facts About Nova Peris
- Born
- February 25, 1971
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Field Hockey Player
- Notable works
- Nova
- Spouse
- Daniel Batman
About Nova Peris
Nova Maree Peris 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. 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.
Biography source: Wikipedia
