Stacey Fluhler
![]() Fluhler at the 2017 World Cup celebration in Wellington. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Stacy Waaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 November 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stacey Fluhler (née Waaka; born 3 November 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player.
She debuted for the Black Ferns in 2015, the same year her brother Beaudein Waaka made his Rugby sevens debut for New Zealand.[1][2] Fluhler won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award that year.[3]
In 2016, she was also named in the development squad for the women's sevens and made her international debut in that form of the game.[4][5]
She was a member of the victorious 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[6] That year she graduated from the University of Waikato in the Bachelor of Sport and Leisure Studies with a major in Sport Management.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Two black jerseys for Waaka siblings". Māori Television. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Strang, Ben (23 June 2015). "Stacey Waaka excited for Black Ferns debut". Stuff. Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Koti, Tepara; Day, Wikitōria (28 November 2015). "Stacey Waaka wins Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award". Māori Television. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Waaka selected for NZ Women's Development Sevens squad". Māori Television. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Waikato duo to debut in New Zealand women's sevens side in Atlanta". Waikato Times. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Stacey Waaka - Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar". www.waikato.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
External links[]
- Stacey Fluhler at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
- Stacey Fluher at Black Ferns
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People educated at Whakatane High School
- Rugby union players from Whakatāne
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand Māori rugby union players
- Female rugby union players
- University of Waikato alumni
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- International player in 15-a-side and sevens rugby