PRINCE Nichelle

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Senior	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Senior	2019	France

CONCACAF Women's Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2018	United States of America

Vic (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2017)

Athlete

Business, Communications, Sports Administration - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

English

Houston Dash [United States of America] since 2017

James Clarkson [club], GBR; Bev Priestman [national], GBR

Forward (thelantern.com, 21 Jun 2016)

Her sisters both played football at university level in the United States of America. Her sister Christine played for the University of Montevallo, while her Kendra played for the University of New Hampshire. Kendra has also played professional football in Sweden with Lidkopings FK. (kctimes.org, 01 Sep 2018; montevallofalcons.com, 01 Jan 2014)

2013 for Canada, Four Nations Tournament in Chongqing, People's Republic of China (canadasoccer.com, 09 Mar 2016)

She tore the meniscus in her right knee while playing for Canada against Sweden at the 2019 World Cup in France. She was sidelined for the remainder of the tournament, as well as the rest of the 2019 National Women's Soccer League [NWSL] season, and returned to competition in November that year. (equalizersoccer, 17 Jul 2020)

National Women's Soccer League [USA] (cbc.ca, 27 Sep 2020; equalizersoccer, 17 Jul 2020)

She began playing football at age four in Ajax, ON, Canada. Her two sisters, Christine and Kendra, both played football and encouraged her to play too. She grew up playing football and competing in athletics, but at age 15 decided to focus on football. (canadasoccer.com, 09 Mar 2016; nbc4i.com, 05 Apr 2016; FIFA Women's World Cup Facebook page, 24 Jun 2019)

"Before my first game I actually cried my whole way to the game, because I was a shy, quiet kid. [But] I remember falling in love with the game that day and I loved playing and have been passionate about it since that day." (FIFA Women's World Cup Facebook page, 24 Jun 2019)

Canadian football player Christine Sinclair. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2017)

Her father, who died in June 2020. "My dad is the biggest reason I am the athlete I am today. He would drag me out to the track on Friday nights and early on Sunday mornings to train me. At the time, there was nothing I wanted to do less. I didn't understand why I was being pushed harder than everyone else I knew. Little did I know he was setting me up to be a professional. He taught me what it means to be a hard worker. To make sacrifices and to believe in myself." (Instagram profile, 21 Jun 2020)

She likes to eat oatmeal for breakfast the day of a match, as her father used to make that for her before the sports competitions at school. "He would get up at 05:00 to make it for me and my sisters if we had early games, so now in the morning, before every game, I have oatmeal for breakfast." (footyfair.com, 01 Jan 2014)

While playing for the University of Ohio she received All-Big 10 Conference Academic honours in 2014, and was named in the All-Big 10 Freshman team in 2013. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2017)