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Michaela Blyde

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Michaela Brake (née Blyde; born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and a double Olympic gold medalist. She was the first female player to win back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year titles, in 2017 and 2018. Blyde holds the record for the most tries by a New Zealand women sevens player in a single match (six against Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games) and also the record for most tries in a single fixture when she scored five tries against England in Langford in 2017. Blyde has won gold medals at the 2018 Sevens World Cup, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics, and six Sevens titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Michaela Blyde is the 10,040th most popular athlete (down from 8,541st in 2024), the 390th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 337th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Michaela Blyde ranks 10,040 out of 6,025. Before her are Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Seydou Gbané, Denisa Tîlvescu, Michał Rozmys, Shakhboz Kholmurzaev, and Nadine Gonska. After her are Rkia El Moukim, Shelby Houlihan, Shanti Pereira, Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyi, Judy Baauw, and Stefania Pirozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Michaela Blyde ranks 1,558. Before her are Doston Yokubov, Connor Randall, Magda Wiet-Hénin, Mandeep Singh, Xu Wenyu, and Michał Rozmys. After her are Werkuha Getachew, Finn Butcher, Laura de Witte, Beka Kandelaki, Pang Yao, and Samuel Kistohurry.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Michaela Blyde ranks 390 out of 303. Before her are Olivia Podmore (1997), Erika Fairweather (2003), Jonelle Price (1980), Holly Edmondston (1996), Annalie Longo (1991), and Tim Southee (1988). After her are Finn Butcher (1995), Corey Anderson (1990), Molly Meech (null), Eve MacFarlane (1992), Olivia Chance (1993), and Nico Porteous (2001).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Michaela Blyde ranks 82. Before her are Sisay Lemma (1990), Rebecca Parkes (1994), Phoebe Spoors (1993), Blair Tuke (null), Jacko Gill (1994), and Jonelle Price (1980). After her are Finn Butcher (1995), Molly Meech (null), Eve MacFarlane (1992), Uroš Nikolić (null), Colin Bourke (1984), and Benedikt Fürk (1988).

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