Jazmin Hotham

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Jazmin Felix-Hotham (born 2 July 2000) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She plays for the Black Ferns Sevens and represents Waikato provincially. Hotham was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Quick Facts Date of birth, Height ...
Jazmin Hotham
Date of birth (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24)
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Notable relative(s)Noah Hotham (brother){ Nigel HBHS 1st XV coach(,Father) Legin NZ Touch Rugby(Brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Waikato (0)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2020–  New Zealand 127 apps
43 tries
217 points[1]
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
2024 ParisTeam competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
2022 Cape TownTeam competition
Commonwealth Games
2022 BirminghamTeam competition
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Rugby career

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2017–2018

Hotham was still attending Hamilton Girls' High School when she was given a development contract with the Black Ferns Sevens team.[2] In 2017, she helped her school win the National Condors title and also scored the winning try in the World Schools Sevens final.[3]

Hotham was initially chosen to captain the New Zealand girls’ sevens team to the 2018 Youth Olympics, but was ruled out due to a shoulder injury she received while playing representative rugby.[3][4]

2020–2021

Hotham made her international debut for the Black Ferns sevens in the semi-final against France at the 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens.[3][5] She was named as a travelling reserve for the 2021 Olympics squad in Tokyo.[6]

2022

Hotham was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Sevens Series.[7][8] She made the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[9][10] She won a bronze medal at the event.[11][12] She later won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[13][14][15]

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.[16] 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.[17][18]

Personal Life

Felix-Hotham is of Samoan and Fijian descent.[19]

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