Liske Lategan

Last updated

Liske Lategan
Liske Lategan 2024.jpg
Date of birth (1998-11-25) 25 November 1998 (age 26)
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2019–PresentFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 36

Liske Lategan (born 25 November 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player.

Contents

Career

Lategan made her debut for the South African sevens team in 2019. [1] She competed for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [2] [3] She scored a hat-trick in their seventh-place victory over Sri Lanka. [4]

Lategan featured for the sevens side at the 2023 Africa Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifier in Tunisia. [5] She scored a try against Zimbabwe in their opening match. [5]

She was a member of the South African side that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [6] [7]

Personal life

Lategan is the niece of former Springbok winger Pieter Hendriks, who scored the first try at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. [1] In 2017, she attended the University of Pretoria. [1]

Related Research Articles

Siviwe Sonwabile 'Shakes' Soyizwapi is a South African rugby union player, who is currently contracted by the South African Rugby Union to play for the South Africa Sevens national team. His usual position is fullback or winger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selvyn Davids</span> Rugby player

Selvyn Davids is a South African rugby union player for the South African Sevens team. His regular position is centre or winger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zain Davids</span> Rugby player

Mogamat Zaïn Davids is a South African rugby union player, that competes in both the 15-man and sevens variants of the game. He is currently contracted by the South African Rugby Union to play for the South Africa Sevens national team. His regular position is in the loose-forward position, but he also played as a centre at schoolboy level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zintle Mpupha</span> South African cricketer and rugby union player

Zintle Mpupha is a South African women's rugby union player and cricketer from Xesi, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She played cricket for Border cricket team and rugby for Border Bulldogs as well as the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team as a fly half.

Impi Brecher Visser is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team in the World Rugby Sevens Series. In sevens he usually plays as a forward, but is a centre in fifteen-a-side rugby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

South Africa competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era and twenty-first overall in Summer Olympic history. South Africa won six medals, good for 44th overall in the standings.

Ronald Brown is a South African rugby sevens player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games</span> Sporting event delegation

South Africa competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was South Africa's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Christie Grobbelaar is a South African rugby union player.

Shaun Williams is a South African rugby union player.

Fancy Bermudez Chavez is a Canadian rugby union player. She competed for the Canadian sevens team at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and made her international debut for the fifteens team in 2023.

Felicia Jacobs is a South African rugby player.

Zandile Senzekile Masuku is a South African rugby sevens player. She was born and raised in Limpopo province, South Africa. She competed for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She scored a brace of tries in their seventh-place victory over Sri Lanka.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kemisetso Baloyi</span> South African rugby sevens player

Kemisetso Baloyi is a South African rugby sevens player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mathrin Simmers</span> Rugby player

Mathrin Simmers is a South African rugby sevens player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadine Roos</span> South African rugby union and sevens player

Nadine Roos is a South African rugby union and sevens player.

Sizophila Solontsi is a South African rugby sevens player. She has represented South Africa internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens.

Eloise Webb is a South African rugby player. She has represented South Africa internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens.

Elizabetha "Libbie" Magdalena Janse van Rensburg is a South African rugby union and sevens player.

Veroeshka Jasmine Grain is a South African rugby union and sevens player. She competed for South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roodt, Daniel (15 July 2023). "Balancing the Bo(o)ks: Liske Lategan's rugby journey". SMF News. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. Mostert, Herman. "Team SA squad named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". news24.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. "Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games". sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. "SA Women's Sevens finish on a high in Birmingham". SA Rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Strong start for Bok Sevens Women at Olympic qualifiers". SA Rugby. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  6. "South Africa - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. "Dazel says We are ready to embrace the moment of Paris 2024". SA Rugby. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.