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| Birth name | Holly Jane Lincoln-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Holly Jane Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1988 Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cronulla Water Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Cronulla Water Sharks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Holly Jane Young (née Lincoln-Smith[1] born 26 March 1988) is an Australian former water polo player. Her sister is skeleton competitor Emma Lincoln-Smith. They are the first set of Australian siblings where one competed at the Summer Olympics and the other at the Winter Olympics.
In 2006, she was made her first appearance on Australia's senior team, with her first major international tournament representing Australia being the 2009 FINA World League Super Finals. As a member of Australian national sides, she has earned gold medals at the 2007 FINA Junior World Championships and 2011 Canada Cup, and a silver medal at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal[2] and also at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- ^ "OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST HOLLY YOUNG INSPIRES SEAFORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AT WORLD TEACHERS DAY VISIT". 4 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Holly Lincoln-Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2017.