Nova Peris-Kneebone

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Australia Australia
Women's Field Hockey
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Champions Trophy
Gold 1993 Amstelveen Team Competition
Gold 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
Women's Athletics
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 200 metres
Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x100m relay

Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone, AO, (born February 25, 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian athlete. She was a representative in the Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.

In 1997, she switched sports to athletics and a year later she became a double gold medalist in the 1998 Commonwealth Games (Kuala Lumpur) winning the 200m sprint with a time of 22.77 seconds and sharing in Australia's 4x100 metres relay win.

She continued to represent Australia on the athletics track, running over 200 metres at the 1999 World Athletics Championships and 400 metres at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She made the Olympic semi-finals in her individual event and ran in the Australian 4x400 metres relay team, which finished fifth.

In 2000, a portrait of her was hung in the Archibald Prize, painted by Glenda Jones.

Nova Peris-Kneebone divorced with Sean Kneebone before marrying young Australian track athlete Daniel Batman. She now uses her married name, going by the name Nova Batman.

Nova Peris-Kneebone has a total of 3 children... Jessica Batman, the oldest, Destiny and Jack, which whom is the youngest.

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Preceded by
Rebecca Chambers
Young Australian of the Year
1997
Succeeded by
Tan Le


Flag of Australia Australia Women's Field Hockey Team - 1996 Olympic Games Flag of Australia

 Clover Maitland |  Danni Roche |  Liane Tooth |  Alyson Annan |  Juliet Haslam |  Jenny Morris |  Louise Dobson |  Lisa Powell |  Karen Marsden |  Kate Starre |  Renita Farrell |  Jackie Pereira |  Nova Peris-Kneebone |  Rechelle Hawkes |  Katrina Powell |  Michelle Andrews | Head Coach: Ric Charlesworth

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