Yvette Higgins
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| Born | 5 January 1978 Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yvette Donna Higgins OAM (born 5 January 1978)[1] is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock.[2]
She played in Italy from 2000 to 2002, before retiring from competition. Since 2002, she has been the coach of the Sydney Uni Water Polo Club first grade women's team.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Australia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian female water polo players
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia in water polo
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Water polo players from Sydney
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate water polo players
- Australian water polo coaches
- University of Sydney people
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
- Australian water polo biography stubs