Nicola White
.jpg) White at Our Greatest Team Parade in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Born |
20 January 1988 Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
Medal record | |||
Nicola White, MBE (born 20 January 1988) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a forward for England and Great Britain.
She now plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster, joining the club for the 2020-21 season after many successful years playing for Holcombe.
White won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games[1]
After making her International debut for England in May 2009, White has won silver at the Champions Trophy and bronze medals at the World Cup, Commonwealth, and European competitions.
She was born in Shaw and Crompton,[2] and began playing hockey at the age of 7 at school and started her club hockey at Saddleworth HC and is now currently playing for Holcombe HC in the Premier Division. In addition to her sporting accolades, she completed her Sports Science Degree at Loughborough College in 2013 and attended Oldham Hulme Grammar School through primary and secondary education [3]
In 2018, she received an honorary degree from Loughborough University.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicola White - GB Hockey". Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Olympic star Nicola White: I nearly gave up hockey", Manchester Evening news, M.E.N. Media, 10 January 2013
- ^ "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates and University Medallists | Graduation | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Nicola White at the International Hockey Federation
- Nicola White at Olympedia
- Nicola White at Team GB
- Nicola White at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Media related to Nicola White at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1988 births
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- English female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Oldham
- People from Shaw and Crompton
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- Holcombe Hockey Club players
- Women's England Hockey League players
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- English field hockey biography stubs