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Jazmin Hotham
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 25)
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 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
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cape Town Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 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.

Early life

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Felix-Hotham was in Hemderson, Auckland born on 2 July 2000 to teachers Diane and Nigel Hotham.[2] Nigel played representative touch for New Zealand, while Diane had played at the same level for Samoa.[3] She has four siblings, a sister and three brothers. [2] Her older brother Legin Hotham represented New Zealand in touch rugby, while her younger brother Noah Hotham has been an All Black.[3] In partnership with Greg Kirkham, Nigel Hotham coached the Hamilton Boys’ High School 1st XV to six National Top Four and four Sanix World Youth titles. In addition Hotham coached teams to 13 National Secondary Schools touch and nine National Condor Sevens titles.[3] In 2025 he commenced a two year sabbatical from teaching to coach the USRC Tigers in Hong Kong's Senior Men's Club competition.[4]

She grew up in Hamilton. Her father remembers that “When Jaz was a little girl, she had two dreams. One was to go to the Olympics; the other was to go to Paris."[3] She played a wide range of sports of which the principal ones were athletics, football, swimming and touch rugby.[2] Her whole family participated together in a mixed touch rugby team.[2] With her brothers she played backyard rugby. She also played rugby at primary school, the only girl in what was an all boy team.[2] Felix-Hotham recalled that, “When I was a little girl, I wanted to be an Olympic sprinter but I figured out pretty quickly I wasn’t fast enough.”[3]

Following primary school she attended Hamilton Girl’s High School.[5] New Zealand sevens players Shiray Kaka, Manaia Nuku, Terina Te Tamaki, Kelsey Teneti, and Tenika Willison have also attended the same school.

She was in Year 10 when she was asked to try out for the school's rugby sevens team that was intending to travel to Japan. She applied herself to learning the game and found that she loved it, specially as it provided her with the opportunity to travel to another country.[2]

She was 16 when she watched on TV her mathematics teacher Shakira Baker and several few former Hamilton Girls High students she had played touch with, serve in the New Zealand team that competed at the 2016 Olympics.[2] She credits it with creating a desire within her represent her country for rugby sevens at an Olympic Games.[2] Her high school touch rugby coach, teacher Hollie Graham also advised her that touch rugby offered no career pathway and encouraged her to instead transfer to rugby sevens as it offered the opportunity of a full-time professional career with the ability to attend Commonwealth and Olympic games.[2]

Rugby career

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2017–2018

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Hotham was still attending Hamilton Girls' High School when she was given a development contract with the Black Ferns Sevens team.[6] In 2017, she helped her school win the National Condors title and also scored the winning try in the World Schools Sevens final.[7]

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.[7][8]

2020–2021

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Hotham made her international debut for the Black Ferns sevens in the semi-final against France at the 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens.[7][9] She was named as a travelling reserve for the 2021 Olympics squad in Tokyo.[10]

2022

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Hotham was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Sevens Series.[11][12] She made the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[13][14] She won a bronze medal at the event.[15][16] She later won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[17][18][19]

2024 Paris Olympics

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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.[20] 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.[21][22]

After the Olympics she had a six week long holiday in Europe.[3]

2024-2025 Sevens Series

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She was a member of the New Zealand team that dominated the 2024-2025 sevens season, winning 35 out of 37 games to win both the league and World Championship titles.[23] The season saw her score her 50th try in the Sevens competition.[23] Following the end of the international sevens season she spent from June to September playing for the Sapparo based Hokkaido Barbarians Diana rugby team in Japan's Taiyo Seimei Women’s 7s Series.[24] Fellow New Zealanders Claudia Broomfield and Danii Mafoe were also in the team. Other New Zealanders who have previously played for the club include Renee Holmes, Cheyelle Robins-Reti, Kendra Reynolds, Kennedy Simon, Stacey Waaka and Tenika Willison.

Personal life

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Felix-Hotham is of Samoan and Fijian descent.[25]

References

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  1. ^ "Jazmin Felix-Hotham". SVNS. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Nayyar, Namita (16 September 2025). "Every Step Counts: Jazmin Felix-Hotham's Journey to Gold". Women Fitness. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Julian, Adam (1 October 2024). "Jazmin's golden photo ends a glittering Sevens year". Newsroom. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  4. ^ Chan, Mike (30 March 2025). "Hong Kong Sevens: New Zealand star has extra special reason to enjoy tournament this year". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  5. ^ Lines-MacKenzie, Jo (27 July 2024). "ABs, world champ and Olympic dates - Hotham family running hot". Waitako Times. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Fresh faces join Black Ferns Sevens mix". Māori Television. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "In The Genes". Rugby News. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ "From lows to highs for young rugby star". RNZ. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. ^ "15-month wait is over: Black Ferns Sevens ready for return". NZ Herald. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  10. ^ "New Zealand name strong Olympic rugby sevens squads for Tokyo 2020". Olympics. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  11. ^ "New era for Black Ferns Sevens". All Blacks. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Plenty of experience in Black Ferns Sevens squad". RNZ. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". All Blacks. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  15. ^ McConnell, Lynn (1 August 2022). "Double bronze for New Zealand Sevens sides in Birmingham". All Blacks. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  16. ^ "NZ Sevens sides bounce back to win bronze medals". 1 News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  17. ^ Julian, Adam (12 September 2022). "New Zealand sides scoop silver in Cape Town". All Blacks. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  18. ^ "NZ Sevens come up short, losing World Cup finals in Cape Town". 1 News. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  19. ^ Wilson, Sam (11 September 2022). "Recap: New Zealand's men and women beaten in Rugby World Cup Sevens finals in Cape Town". Stuff. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  20. ^ Kermeen, Mat (20 June 2024). "Sevens star Sarah Hirini completes 'unbelievable' recovery for Paris Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  21. ^ Burgess, Michael (31 July 2024). "Olympics 2024: New Zealand women's rugby sevens clinch Olympic gold in Paris". NZ Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  22. ^ Julian, Adam (31 July 2024). "Golden Ferns: How they did it and how it rates". Newsroom. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  23. ^ a b Julian, Adam (27 November 2025). "'I really want this one': The SVNS title NZ star Felix-Hotham hasn't won". RugbyPass. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  24. ^ "Taiyo Seimei Women's Sevens Series 2025 Tournament One – Kumagaya: Preview Of International Signings". Rugby Asia 247. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  25. ^ Moimoisea, Penina (10 August 2024). "Paris Olympics: Pacific Island athletes competing for other countries". ABC Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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