Ruby Tui
Date of birth | 13 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruby Tui (born 13 December 1991) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. Tui has been selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics rugby sevens tournament.[1]
Career
Tui made her debut in 2012 in Fiji and has been a part of the national setup ever since. Tui has been described as a "powerful and aggressive prop".[2] She is a product of the Go4Gold campaign of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[3]
Personal life
Tui received a scholarship to study at Aoraki Polytechnic, where she completed a Diploma in Sport in 2013.[4]
Tui's father is Samoan. Of Māori descent, Tui affiliates to the Ngāi Tahu iwi.[5]
References
- ↑ "New Zealand names sevens teams for Rio Games". Stuff.co.nz. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ruby Tui". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ruby Tui". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "PM Schols: Rugby Sevens player Ruby Tui". High Performance Sport New Zealand. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
- Ruby Tui's New Zealand Sevens profile
- Ruby Tui at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Ruby Tui at the International Olympic Committee
- Ruby Tui at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
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