Nova Peris — the girl who won gold in two sports then got elected to parliament

Fierce Girls

ABC listen

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

You know those girls who are great at sport? That was Nova. She practised hockey endlessly in her backyard until one day she became the first Indigenous woman to win an Olympic gold medal but she wasn't finished. She went on to win a gold medal in sprinting, and then took her courage and energy into politics, becoming Australia's first Indigenous woman to be elected to Federal Parliament.

Written and narrated by 10-year-old Sibella Collins.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the story of the girl who won a B.C.
0:03.2	podcast.
0:04.2	This is the story of the girl.
0:10.2	This is the story of the girl who won gold in two different sports and then got elected to Parliament.
0:16.2	Nova Paris, written and read by me, 10-year-old, Sebela Collins. Nova's chest heaved.
0:25.0	Sweat poured like a waterfall from her body and onto the field.
0:32.0	A roar filled her ears. Was her heart wildly pumping?
0:38.0	No. Was it the heavy thumping of her feet on the ground as she ran like the wind?
0:43.4	No, it was something else.
0:47.5	She stopped to drink it in.
0:50.5	It was the roar of the crowd.
0:55.0	Did we do it? She wondered?
0:57.0	Yes, yes we did.
1:00.0	The hockey ruse had just claimed victory in the final against Korea at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
1:11.0	Exhaustion swept over her and her knees shook but her chest swelled with pride.
1:19.0	Nova Marie Paris had just become the first indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold
1:25.2	medal.
1:28.2	The noise of the crowd faded as Nova cast her mind back to where it all began.
1:33.3	She had always dreamt of this moment.
1:36.1	And now it's actually happened.
1:38.5	She smiled. Nova grew up in the Northern Territory. She was one of those kids who was great at
1:51.2	all spots but hockey was her favorite. I'm going to play for
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ABC listen, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ABC listen and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.