Anne-Cécile Ciofani
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| Date of birth | 14 December 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Colombes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anne-Cécile Ciofani (born 14 December 1993) is a French rugby player.[2] She was awarded World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year for 2021.[3][4]
Career
[edit]She discovered rugby at age 18 when she started studying Science and technology of physical and sports activities (STAPS), while she practiced the heptathlon:
With my speed skills, I knew I could do it. The opportunity to reach the very highest level pushed me as much as the practice.
Six months after her debut, however, she is summoned to the Elite Center of Marcoussis, but is only selected in the national team in 2018.[5]
In 2018, when she finished her first year as a professional player at AC Bobigny, she became vice-champion of the world of rugby 7 with the France team. She scored a test on the last action in the game against Australia, Olympic champion, which qualified France in the final and was elected best new player of the world tournament.[6]
She was a member of the French women's sevens team that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]She came from a sporting family, both parents participated in Olympiads, her father Walter Ciofani in the hammer throw in Los Angeles in 1984, and her Cameroonian mother Jeanne Ngo Minyemeck in women's shot put and the women's discus throw at Seoul in 1988. Her sisters Juliette (Junior French Champion) and Audrey Ciofani (French Champion Hope and Vice Elite Champion) are athletes at the hammer throw and licensed at the Athletic Circle of Montreuil 93.[9]
In 2022, Ciofani married Geoffray Durbant, who is a professional footballer.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anne-Cécile Ciofani". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Allyteams. "Anne Cécile CIOFANI". Allyteams (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ worldrugby.org. ""Believe in your dreams" – sevens star Anne-Cécile Ciofani - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Marcos Moneta and Anne-Cecile Ciofani crowned". PlanetRugby. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "France 7 féminines : Anne-Cécile Ciofani - FFR". www.ffr.fr. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Coupe du monde à 7 - Anne-Cécile Ciofani (France), la promesse". Rugbyrama. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Dupont's Olympic selection confirmed as French rugby federation announces squads for Paris Games". AP News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "France - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Anne-Cécile Ciofani, missile lancé !". Seine-Saint-Denis - Le magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Deux sportifs professionnels se disent oui à la mairie de Nanteuil-lès-Meaux". actu.fr. 22 June 2022.
External links
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- Anne-Cécile Ciofani at World Athletics
- Anne-Cécile Ciofani at the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (in French)
- Anne-Cécile Ciofani at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Anne-Cécile Ciofani at Olympics.com
- Anne-Cécile Ciofani at Olympedia (archive)
- Anne-Cécile Ciofani at Équipe de France (in French)
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis
- Rugby union players from Île-de-France
- Black French sportspeople
- French rugby sevens players
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- France international women's rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century French sportswomen