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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 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tyla Nathan-Wong is the 74th most popular rugby player (down from 56th in 2024), the 372nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 328th in 2019) and the 13th most popular New Zealander Rugby Player.

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Tyla Nathan-Wong ranks 74 out of 35. Before her are Ilona Maher, Shannon Izar, Luciano González, James Hook, Rory Best, 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 1,536. Before her are Verena Steinhauser, Karyna Dziominskaya, Stephen Milne, Ng Ka Long, Hillary Janssens, and Baisali Mohanty. 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 366 out of 303. After her are Alicia Hoskin (2000), Brooke Donoghue (1995), Regan Gough (1996), Rebecca Petch (1998), Hannah Wilkinson (1992), Ross Taylor (1984), Amini Fonua (1989), Luuka Jones (1988), Genevieve Behrent (1990), Hannah Osborne (1994), David Nyika (1995), and Sisay Lemma (1990).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among rugby players born in New Zealand, Tyla Nathan-Wong ranks 13. Before her are Brodie Retallick (1991), Sam Whitelock (1988), 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).

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