Ayaka Suzuki
| Date of birth | September 30, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ayaka Suzuki (鈴木 彩香, Suzuki Ayaka, born September 30, 1989) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed at the Rio Olympics as part of Japan's women's sevens team, and has also featured at two Rugby World Cup's in 2017 and 2021.
Rugby career
[edit]Sevens
[edit]Suzuki was part of the Japanese sevens team that competed at the 2012 and 2013 USA Women's Sevens.[1][2] She represented Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[3][4][5]
Fifteens
[edit]Suzuki was named in Japan's squad to the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[6] Since November 2020, she plays for Wasps Women in the Premier 15s. She was selected in Japan's squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Young, Wendy (6 January 2012). "2012 USA Sevens Rugby – Las Vegas – February 10th-12th". Scrumhalf Connection.com. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japanese ladies given Olympic style send off". Super Rugby. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "SUZUKI Ayaka". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ Haroon, Khuram (2017-08-01). "Top Eight The Goal For Determined Japan | Women's Rugby World Cup". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Sakura Fifteen Rugby World Cup Squad Announced". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ Mockford, Sarah (2022-10-09). "Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 5-41 Canada". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
External links
[edit]- Ayaka Suzuki at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Japan Player Profile
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Japan international women's rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Yokohama
- Rugby union players from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Japan women's international rugby union players
- Japanese female rugby union players
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs