Ignacio Mendy
 Mendy at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ignacio Mendy (born 29 June 2000) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the Jaguares.[1] He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career[]
He represented Argentina at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and was part of the Argentine team which whereas Argentina defeated France 24-14 in the final to claim the gold medal in the boys rugby sevens tournament.[3] He was also named in Argentine senior rugby sevens squad for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. On 28 December 2018, Mendy was named in the Jaguares squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season.[4]
He was also selected to Argentina squad to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's rugby sevens tournament.[5][6] He was also subsequently part of the Argentine side which claimed bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 17-12 in the third place match at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8] It was also the first ever Olympic medal for Argentina in rugby sevens.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Ignacio Mendy". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens MENDY Ignacio - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ results of 2018 Summer Youth Olympics rugby sevens final
- ^ "Jugadores convocados a formar parte de la pretemporada 2019" (Press release) (in Spanish). Jaguares. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Men's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Without the crowd's roar, Tokyo Olympians search for spirit". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Great Britain vs Argentina - Bronze Medal Match Results". Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Richardson, Charles (2021-07-28). "Argentina snatch men's sevens bronze in narrow victory over Great Britain as Fiji retain gold". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Great Britain miss bronze in rugby sevens after defeat to Argentina". The Independent. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
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- Jaguares (Super Rugby) players
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- Argentine rugby union players
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Argentina
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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