Séraphine Okemba

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Séraphine Okemba
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Date of birth (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 (age 29)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019–2021 Stade Français (0)
2021– Lyon OU (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024– France 4 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2021– France
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cape Town Team competition

Séraphine Okemba (born 3 December 1995) is a French rugby union and sevens player. She won a silver medal for France at the delayed 2020 Olympics and also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Rugby career

Okemba played fifteens rugby for Stade Français in France. [2] She won a silver medal with France's sevens squad at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [3] She also won a bronze medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [4] [5] [6]

She competed for France at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [7] [8]

On 7 March 2025, she was called up into France's fifteens team for the Women's Six Nations Championship. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Séraphine Okemba". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rugby Sevens OKEMBA Seraphine". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Athletes - Seraphine OKEMBA | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Eurosport.
  4. ↑ "Country Summary: France - Rugby World Cup Sevens South Africa 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Fiji and Australia crowned Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 champions in Cape Town". www.rwcsevens.com. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Australian women, Fiji men win Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dupont's Olympic selection confirmed as French rugby federation announces squads for Paris Games". AP News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "France - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour le Tournoi des Six Nations 2025" [France Women's XV: The group for the 2025 Six Nations Tournament]. French Rugby Federation (in French). 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.


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