Nicola White (born 20 January 1988) is an English international

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who plays as a forward for

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and

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. She now plays club hockey in the

Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011–2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format ...

Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster, joining the club for the 2020-21 season after many successful years playing for Holcombe. White won a gold medal at the

2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

and a bronze medal at the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. After making her international debut for England in May 2009, White has won a silver medal at the Champions Trophy and bronze medals at the World Cup, Commonwealth games, and European championships. She was born in

Shaw and Crompton Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south-east of Rochdale and north- ...

, 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 Holcombe HC in the Premier Division. In addition to her sporting accolades, she completed her Sports Science Degree at

Loughborough College Overview Loughborough College is a large general further education college in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It provides both further education (FE) and higher education (HE) courses on a single campus. The colleg ...

in 2013 and attended Oldham Hulme Grammar School for both primary and secondary education. In 2018, she received an honorary degree from

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

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* 1988 births Living people English female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Oldham People from Shaw and Crompton Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire Loughborough Students field hockey players Holcombe Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportswomen {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub