Yolaine Yengo
Appearance
Date of birth | 24 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Yolaine Yengo (born 24 April 1993) is a French rugby union and sevens player.[1][2][3] She plays for the University of Rennes and for Stade Rennais Rugby.[4][5]
Rugby career
[edit]Yengo competed for the New Caledonian sevens team at the 2015 Pacific Games. She was selected as a member of the France women's national rugby sevens team at the 2021 Dubai Women's Sevens. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[6][7]
She competed for France at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ worldrugby.org. "Yolaine Yengo - Player Stats | HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Player". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "YENGO Yolaine - Centre". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "EUSA". results.eusa.eu. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Coupe du monde Rugby à 7 : Des Bleues bronzées !". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ world.rugby. "Yolaine Yengo - Player Stats | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Rugby: Caledonian Yolaine Yengo dedicates her bronze medal to her family - 5aial.com". 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Yolaine Yengo at Olympics.com
- Yolaine Yengo at Équipe de France (in French)
- Yolaine Yengo – EUSA results