Gayle Broughton
| Date of birth | 5 June 1996 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||
| Rugby union career | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||
| Position | Utility Back | |||||||||||
| Sevens national teams | ||||||||||||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | ||||||||||
| 2014– | New Zealand | |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Gayle Broughton (born 5 June 1996) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. She made her international debut for New Zealand in 2014 against Netherlands at the USA Women's Sevens.[1] She was part of the squad that qualified for the Rio Olympics when they won the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2] Broughton was selected for New Zealand's women's sevens team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] She intends to give her medal to her grandmother if they return with gold.[4]
Of Māori descent, Broughton affiliates to the Ngāruahine and Ngāti Ruanui iwi.[5]
References
- ↑ "NEW ZEALAND WOMEN LOOK GOOD ON DAY#1 AT THE USA7S IN ATLANTA". NZ 7s Magazine.com. 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ "NZ women's sevens qualify for Rio Olympics". radionz.co.nz. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ "New Zealand names sevens teams for Rio Games". samoaobserver.ws. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ Baker, Brittany (17 July 2016). "Sevens player has nan-sized plans for her Olympic medal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.