Jazmin Felix-Hotham (born 2 July 2000) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She plays for the

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and represents Waikato provincially. Hotham was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the

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in Paris.

Rugby career

2017–2018

Hotham was still attending

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when she was given a development contract with the Black Ferns Sevens team. In 2017, she helped her school win the National Condors title and also scored the winning try in the World Schools Sevens final. Hotham was initially chosen to captain the New Zealand girls’ sevens team to the

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, but was ruled out due to a shoulder injury she received while playing representative rugby.

2020–2021

Hotham made her international debut for the Black Ferns sevens in the semi-final against France at the

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. She was named as a travelling reserve for the 2021 Olympics squad in

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2022

Hotham was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Sevens Series. She made the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the

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. She won a bronze medal at the event. She later won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in

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2024 Paris Olympics

On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Sevens team for the Paris Olympics. Hotham scored four tries over the course of the Olympic sevens competition and won a gold medal after the New Zealand team triumphed against Canada in the final, 19-12.

References

External links

Black Ferns Profile
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