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4x100m relay. Updated on 22 January 2013. 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.
Nova Peris. Nova Maree Peris ( Darwin, 25 de febrero de 1971) es una deportista y expolítica aborigen australiana. Como parte del equipo de hockey femenino australiano ( Hockeyroos) en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1996, fue la primera aborigen australiana en ganar una medalla de oro olímpica.
Learn about Nova Peris, the first Indigenous woman to win an Olympic gold medal and the first Indigenous woman to be elected to federal parliament. Discover her achievements in hockey, track and field, and her advocacy for Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Nova Peris is Australia's first Aboriginal woman elected to Federal Parliament and the first to win an Olympic gold medal in hockey. She also represented Australia in athletics and is a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator.
BIRTH DATE: 25 February 1971. BIRTH PLACE: Darwin, Northern Territory. FIRST LANGUAGE: English. SIGNIFICANT LOCALITIES: Fannie Bay, Darwin: Where Nova’s family lived in a Housing Commission unit of building called “The Kurringal Flats.”
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.
Nova Peris is the first Australian to win gold in two different sports at the Olympics: hockey and athletics. She also became the first indigenous woman to be elected to federal parliament in 2013.
