Pierre-Gilles Lakafia
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre-Gilles Lakafia (born 13 March 1987 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France) is a French rugby union player. He plays at Wing for Castres. He is the brother of Biarritz Olympique Number 8, Rafaël Lakafia and the son of former French javelin champion Jean-Paul Lakafia, and his mother was a discus thrower. His father is originally from Wallis and Futuna.[1] He was a member of the French sevens team playing at the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens.
References
[edit]- ^ Thornley, Gerry (13 October 2010). "Blanco still helps call the shots as Les Biarrots increasingly look to new crop". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Pierre-Gilles Lakafia at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Pierre-Gilles Lakafia at ESPNscrum
- Pierre-Gilles Lakafia at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Pierre-Gilles Lakafia at Rugbyrama (in French) at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 March 2011)
- Pierre-Gilles Lakafia at Olympics.com
- Pierre-Gilles Lakafia at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- French rugby union players
- Stade Toulousain players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union players from Wallis and Futuna
- French people of Wallis and Futuna descent
- Sportspeople from Tours, France
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for France
- France international rugby sevens players
- FC Grenoble Rugby players
- Castres Olympique players
- SC Albi players
- French people of New Caledonian descent