Pol Pla Vegué (born 18 February 1993) is a Spanish rugby sevens player. He competed for the Spanish national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was also part of the squad that won the last qualifying spot for the Olympics in Monaco.
 Pol Pla running with the ball in the Oktoberfest 7s tournament. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Pol Pla Vegué | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Bárbara Plà (Sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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He achieved core team status with the national team for the world rugby seven series in 2017 and to the present, after winning the Hong Kong qualifying tournament. He is the Spanish national team player with the most number of tries in the world rugby seven series of history.
Pla's older sister, Bárbara also competed at the Olympics for the Spanish women's sevens team.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "PLA Pol". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Seven Relation Army: Meet the 7 sets of siblings competing in the Olympic rugby sevens at Rio 2016". Rio 2016.com. 2016-08-01. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ Ballou, Elizabeth (August 2016). "Which Olympic Athletes Are Siblings? There Are More Than 30 Pairs And Trios Competing In Rio". www.bustle.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
External links
edit- Pol Pla at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)