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Nicola White

Nicola White
MBE
Nicola White - Our Great Team Parade (cropped).jpg
White at Our Greatest Team Parade in 2012
Personal information
Born (1988-01-20) 20 January 1988 (age 29)
Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Playing position Forward

Nicola White, MBE (born 20 January 1988) is a British field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national team in the women's tournament.

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 has also been a regular in Great Britain sides since her debut call-up in 2009, including the squad selected for the 2012 Olympic Games in London where she and her team-mates won the bronze medal. She then went on to win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

She was born in Shaw and Crompton, 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 Leicester Ladies HC in the Premier Division. In addition to her sporting accolades, she completed her Sports Science Degree at Loughborough College in 2013. Nicola is sponsored by Grays International.



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