Yvette Higgins is an Australian water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock.

She played in Italy from 2000–2002, before retiring from competition. Since 2002 she has been the coach of the Sydney University first grade women's team.