Mahina Paul
| Date of birth | 19 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Whakatāne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Mererangi Paul (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mahina Paul (born 19 April 2001) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Rugby career
[edit]Paul has represented New Zealand in touch rugby and at the Youth Olympic Games for rugby sevens in 2018.[2]
Paul made her Black Ferns Sevens international debut at the South Africa Sevens in Cape Town in 2019.[3] She was one of three players who were handed professional contracts earlier that year.[2] She later featured at the 2020 New Zealand Sevens in Hamilton.[3][4]
Paul was named as a travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[5][6]
On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Sevens team for the Olympic sevens competition| Paris Olympics.[7] The team won the gold medal, defeating Canada 19–12 in the final.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mahina Paul". SVNS. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b Beck, David (16 January 2019). "Whakatāne teen makes Black Ferns Sevens squad". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Ignite7 alumni Mahina Paul helps make history in Hamilton". Red Bull. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Hurkmans, Mahina (27 December 2019). "Mataatua sevens stars keep in touch with whānau". Māori Television. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Kermeen, Mat (20 June 2024). "Sevens star Sarah Hirini completes 'unbelievable' recovery for Paris Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Burgess, Michael (31 July 2024). "Olympics 2024: New Zealand women's rugby sevens clinch Olympic gold in Paris". NZ Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- 2001 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand female rugby sevens players
- New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Rugby union players from Whakatāne
- Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen