Nicole Arrold (born 7 November 1981) is an Australian
field hockey
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player who competed in the
2004 Summer Olympics
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and in the
2008 Summer Olympics
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.
She also participated at the
Commonwealth Games
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where she won
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
s in 2006 and 2010 respectively.
Inaugural inductee to
University of Canberra
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Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.
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1981 births
Living people
Australian female field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of Australia
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Canberra
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
ACT Academy of Sport alumni
Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
University of Canberra alumni
21st-century Australian women
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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