Michaela Blyde

Michaela Blyde
Date of birth (1995-12-29) 29 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birthNew Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
SchoolNew Plymouth Girls High School
Rugby union career
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2013 – present  New Zealand 218 apps
247 tries
1237 points[1]
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Gold medal – first place 2018 San Francisco Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cape Town Team competition

Michaela Blyde (born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and a double Olympic gold medalist.[2] She was the first female player to win back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year titles, in 2017 and 2018. Blyde holds the record for the most tries by a New Zealand women sevens player in a single match (six against Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games) and also the record for most tries in a single fixture when she scored five tries against England in Langford in 2017.[3] Blyde has won gold medals at the 2018 Sevens World Cup, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics and six Sevens titles.[3] In December 2023 She was the second woman to score 200 tries in the HSBC international seven series.

  1. ^ "Michaela Blyde". SVNS. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ Shepard, Kit (20 June 2022). "Michaela Blyde: Ten things to know about the New Zealand Sevens back". Rugby World. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Julian, Adam (9 December 2023). "Michaela Blyde: Dubai loss sparked 'honest conversations'". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 12 December 2023.