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Yolaine Yengo

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Yolaine Yengo
Date of birth (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31)
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2019–Present  France 103 (273 pts)
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  France
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cape Town Team competition

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

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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

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  1. ^ worldrugby.org. "Yolaine Yengo - Player Stats | HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Player". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ "YENGO Yolaine - Centre". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ^ "EUSA". results.eusa.eu. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Coupe du monde Rugby à 7 : Des Bleues bronzées !". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. ^ world.rugby. "Yolaine Yengo - Player Stats | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Rugby: Caledonian Yolaine Yengo dedicates her bronze medal to her family - 5aial.com". 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Dupont's Olympic selection confirmed as French rugby federation announces squads for Paris Games". AP News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. ^ "France - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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