Wakaba Hara

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Wakaba Hara
Date of birth (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Niigata, Japan [1]
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2017–PresentFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team

Wakaba Hara (原わか花, born 6 January 2000) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. [2]

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Personal life

In 2022, She graduated with a degree in General Policy Studies from the Policy Faculty at Keio University. [3]

Rugby career

Hara debuted for Japan at the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Incheon, South Korea. [3]

She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] She made the Sakura Sevens squad and competed at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [5] [6] [7]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] [9]

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References

  1. "Wakaba Hara". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. "Wakaba Hara". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "HARA Wakaba – Paris 2024". olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Japan - Pool C Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. "Sakura Sevens Team Announced for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". Japan Rugby Football Union. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  6. "Sakura Sevens Announce Team for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". Japan Rugby Football Union. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. "Japan Sakura Sevens Team Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  8. "Japan's Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey". Japan Rugby Football Union. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Japan - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)