Tyla Nathan-Wong
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Date of birth | 1 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyla Nathan-Wong (born 1 July 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens representative and two-time Olympic medalist. She became a silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and recently won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In 2015 and 2019, she was named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year.[1] She began playing rugby when she attended Lynfield College.[2][3] She is of the Ngāpuhi tribe, and is also of Chinese and European descent. In 2012 & 2013, she won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award and was a finalist for the same award in 2014.[4][5]
Nathan-Wong was selected for the women's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]
In 2018, Nathan-Wong and her team won both the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast in Australia, as well as the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, United States.
In 2019, Nathan-Wong was nominated as a World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year having completed the season as the top goal kicker in the tournament.[7] She joined the Blues for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition.[8]
References[]
- ^ Smith, Simon (14 January 2016). "Nathan-Wong gives it her all". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Rugbygirl – Tyla Nathan-Wong". www.rugbygirl.co.nz. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ Mentjox, Lauren (27 April 2010). "Talented Tyla has a touch of class". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ Te Kāea (30 November 2013). "2013 Māori Sports Awards winners list". maoritelevision.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ Day, Wikitōria (18 November 2014). "Womens Rugby Sevens player Tyla Nathan-Wong finalist for Te Tamāhine-a-Papatūānuku award". maoritelevision.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand sevens squads named for Olympics". All Blacks.com. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Black Ferns Sevens star joins Blues' Super Rugby Aupiki squad". allblacks.com. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
External links[]
- Black Ferns Profile
- Tyla Nathan-Wong at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
- Tyla Nathan-Wong at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1994 births
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand female rugby sevens players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand Māori rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Living people
- Touch footballers
- Ngāpuhi
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand sportspeople of Chinese descent
- 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
- People educated at Lynfield College
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs