Yvette Higgins

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Born (1978-01-05) 5 January 1978 (age 47)
Sydney, Australia
Yvette Higgins
Personal information
Born (1978-01-05) 5 January 1978 (age 47)
Sydney, Australia
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam competition
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1998 PerthTeam competition
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place1995 SydneyTeam competition

Yvette Donna Higgins OAM (born 5 January 1978)[1] is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock.[2]

She played in Italy from 2000 to 2002, before retiring from competition. Since 2002, she has been the coach of the Sydney Uni Water Polo Club first grade women's team.[3]

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