Nicola Zagame

Nicola Maree Zagame (born 11 August 1990), nicknamed Ziggy and Nicky, and grew up attending Kirrawee High School. Currently residing in Gymea Bay, New South Wales, the tall

Water polo Zagame plays as a centre back/driver and prefers to wear cap number eleven. In 2008, she competed in the Women's International Series.

Club team Zagame is a member of and plays club water polo for the Cronulla Sharks Water Polo Club in the National Water Polo League. She has twice set season goal-scoring records while playing in the league, with the second time coming in a 2010 game when her team beat Adelaide at home in the Sutherland Leisure Centre. She challenges opposition players in such a way that it frequently results in her fouling out of games. In 2012, she played briefly with the club before taking a break from the team following their 18 February 2012 game to attend the national team training camp. Her last game before the break was against the Balmain Tigers. As a member of the team, she helped win the first two games of the season 8–4 and 7–4.

Junior national team Zagame has represented Australia on the junior national level. In July 2006, she was a member of the Youth Girls squad that competed in an international series in Auckland, New Zealand.

Senior national team Zagame is a member of the Australia women's national water polo team, nicknamed the Stingers. She made her senior team debut in May 2009. In 2009, she was part of the Australian side that finished third at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi, Russia. This was her first major international tournament as a member of the senior squad. In the team's quarter finals 10–8 victory over the United States women's national water polo team, she scored three goals.

Zagame was part of the Australian side that won a silver medal at the 2011 Kirishi Cup in June. In the game for the medal, they played Kazakhstan women's national water polo team. In that match, she scored two goals. In July 2011, she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai. In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia.

In January 2012, Zagame competed in the Pan Pacific Championships for the Stingers, and was a member of the squad that competed in the three-game test series against the United States. The Australian team won two of the three matches, with scores of 12–13 in an opening series loss, winning 11–6 in the second match and winning the third match 12–7 clash at Sutherland Leisure Centre. Zagame scored a goal in the second half of the final match in the series. At the 2012 Olympics, Zagame was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal.

Zagame stayed in the sport and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.