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Tyla Nathan-Wong

1994 - Today

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Tyla King (née Nathan-Wong; born 1 July 1994) is a New Zealand international rugby union player, professional rugby league player and Olympian. She played touch rugby, tag rugby and both sevens and fifteen-a-side rugby union as a teenager before in 2012 at the age of 18 she made her debut as a professional rugby sevens player when she was selected for the New Zealand sevens team. During her time with the team, which she captained on a number of occasions, they won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2022–23. With them she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and back-to-back gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tyla Nathan-Wong is the 48th most popular rugby player (up from 56th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 330th in 2019) and the 12th most popular New Zealander Rugby Player.

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Tyla Nathan-Wong ranks 48 out of 35Before her are Samu Kerevi, Jerry Tuwai, Ilona Maher, Shannon Izar, Luciano González, and Karen Paquin. After her are Kameli Soejima, Kyle Brown, Rodrigo Isgró, Coralie Bertrand, Lautaro Bazán, and Alev Kelter.

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Among people born in 1994, Tyla Nathan-Wong ranks 1,378Before her are Anne Schröder, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Verena Steinhauser, Karyna Dziominskaya, Ng Ka Long, and Hillary Janssens. After her are Olga Khoroshavtseva, Jordan Wilimovsky, Fedrick Dacres, Christina Hering, Yusuke Nishiyama, and Radek Šlouf.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Tyla Nathan-Wong ranks 326 out of 303Before her are Shaun Kirkham (1992), Ella Greenslade (1997), Betsy Hassett (1990), Martin Guptill (1986), Caleb Shepherd (1993), and Marko Stamenić (2002). After her are Alicia Hoskin (2000), Brooke Donoghue (1995), Regan Gough (1996), Rebecca Petch (1998), Hannah Wilkinson (1992), and Ross Taylor (1984).

Among RUGBY PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among rugby players born in New Zealand, Tyla Nathan-Wong ranks 12Before her are Sarah Hirini (1992), Brodie Retallick (1991), Kieran Read (1985), Portia Woodman (1991), Kelly Brazier (1989), and Theresa Fitzpatrick (1995). After her are Ruby Tui (1991), Kurt Baker (1988), Gayle Broughton (1996), Stacey Fluhler (1995), Tim Mikkelson (1986), and Dylan Collier (1991).