Jazmin Hotham

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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
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Waikato (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2020Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 99 apps
31 tries
155 points [1]
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Cape Town Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition

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.

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Rugby career

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]

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