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]- 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
[edit]- ^ Henningham, Nikki (13 April 2007). "Yvette Higgins (1978 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Elliot, Helene (24 September 2000). "SYDNEY 2000 / SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES; Americans' Defeat Is a Tear- Jerker". Los Angeles Times. p. 4.
- ^ Sydney University Sport and Fitness. "Yvette Higgins, Waterpolo". Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
External links
[edit]- Yvette Higgins at World Aquatics
- Yvette Higgins at Olympics.com
- Yvette Higgins at Olympedia
- Yvette Higgins at the Australian Olympic Committee
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