Nicole Elaine Hudson OAM (née Mott; born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former women's field hockey player. She was the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national women's team, until her retirement from international hockey in 2009. She made her debut for Australia in 1993 and won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her AHL team is the Queensland Scorchers.

Nikki Hudson
Personal information
Born (1976-07-06) 6 July 1976 (age 48)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Utrecht Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Madrid Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Berlin Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brisbane Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Canberra Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Amstelveen Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Amstelveen Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Team

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she scored in Australia's first two games, scoring the second goal in an comeback to win 5–4 against Korea, and a skillful individual effort against Spain. The goal against Spain was her 98th international goal, in her 299th international appearance. Her 99th goal for Australia came against South Africa in the following match. The match was Hudson's 300th appearance for her country, as she became the first woman to play 300 international Hockey matches for Australia.[1]

Sponsorship

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Hudson put her name to special editions of the Mazon Black Magic stick, featuring a special black-and-pink colour scheme.

Media work

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Following her retirement from international hockey in 2009, Hudson was employed by One HD and Channel Ten for the women's hockey matches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli, and appeared on Good News Week in the leadup to the event as a cross-promotion.

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