Nikki Hudson
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Nicole "Nikki" Hudson (née Mott; born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former Women's Field Hockey player. She was the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national female team until her retirement from international hockey in 2009. She made her debut for Australia in 1993 and won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her AHL team is the Queensland Scorchers.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she scored in Australia's first two games, scoring the second goal in an epic comeback to win 5-4 against Korea, and a skillful individual effort against Spain. The goal against Spain was her 98th international goal, in her 299th international appearance. Her 99th goal for Australia came against South Africa in the following match. The match was Hudson's 300th appearance for her country, as she became the first woman to play 300 international Hockey matches for Australia.[1]
Sponsorship
Nikki Hudson put her name to special editions of the Mazon Black Magic stick, featuring a special black and pink colour scheme.
Media work
Following her retirement from international hockey in 2009, Nikki was employed by One HD and Channel Ten for the women's hockey matches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli, and appeared on Good News Week in the leadup to the event as a cross-promotion.
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- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1976 births
- Australian female field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
- Australian field hockey biography stubs