Date of birth | 1 June 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place of birth | Baulkham Hills, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
School | Oakhill College | ||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Matt Gonzalez (born 1 June 1994) is an Australian rugby sevens player.
Gonzalez was born in Baulkham Hills and started playing rugby at age seven. He played for Eastwood Rugby Club when they won the Shute Shield in 2015. [1] He is a fitness trainer by profession. [1]
He made his sevens debut for Australia in the Singapore leg of the World Series Sevens in April 2022. [2] [3] He competed for Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [4] [5] [6]
In April 2024, He suffered an elbow injury that threatened to end his Olympic campaign. [7] He eventually made the Australian squad for the Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] [9]
Sharni Maree Williams is a female Australian rugby union player. She has played in the centre position for Australia, the Brumbies, and from 2008 to 2012 for the Canberra Royals. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Henry Paterson is an Australian rugby sevens player.
Shannon Michelle Parry is a former Australian rugby player. She represented Australia in 24 tests and appeared in four Rugby World Cup's, in 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2021. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and also competed at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Henry Hutchison is a professional rugby union player who represents Australia in rugby sevens. Born in Sydney, NSW and playing for Randwick at club level, he debuted for Australia in December 2015.
Nick Malouf is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a back for the Australia national sevens team.
Charlotte Emily Caslick is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in rugby sevens and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Evania Faaea "Vani" Pelite is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Maddison Levi is a current player for the Australian women's sevens team. She is a former Australian rules footballer, having played for the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She is a two-time Olympian and the fastest Australian woman to score 100 tries on the World Sevens Series, having reached the milestone in just 15 events.
Faith Nathan is an Australian rugby union player. She has represented her country in rugby sevens at Olympic and Commonwealth Games and at the Rugby Sevens World Cup.
Demi Hayes is an Australian rugby sevens player.
Madison Ashby is an Australian rugby union player. She has represented Australia at sevens rugby at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. She debuted for Australia at the 2019 USA Women's Sevens in Glendale, Colorado.
Sariah Paki is an Australian rugby union player.
Dominique du Toit is an Australian rugby union player.
Tia Hinds is an Australian rugby union player and two-time Olympian.
Josh Turner is a professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback. Born in New Zealand, he represents Australia at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.
Nathan Lawson is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a forward for the Australia national sevens team.
Corey Toole is an Australian rugby union and rugby sevens player. He plays domestically with the Brumbies in the Super Rugby. From Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Toole played for Wagga Waratahs Rugby Club and the Gungahlin Eagles before joining the Brumbies Academy. Toole has also represented the ACT Schoolboys at Nationals.
Teagan Levi is an Australian rugby union player who has represented Australia at sevens rugby at the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games.
Bienne Terita is an Australian rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Australia at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and for the Australian women's sevens team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Ben Dowling is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Shute Shield club Randwick and the Australia national sevens team.