Stephen Parez

Stephen Parez
Birth nameStephen Parez-Edo Martin[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
France U-20
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
France
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team competition

Not to be confused with university president Stephen Perez.

Stephen Parez-Edo Martin (born 1 August 1994) is a French rugby sevens player. He competed for France 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4][5][6] In 2013 he played in the U-20 Six Nations Championship and the IRB Junior World Championship.[7]

Parez has also taken part in other sports such as Athletics, Taekwondo and Swimming.[8] He competed for France at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[9]

He was part of the French sevens side that won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ "Madrid (H) : Stephen Parez comme à la casa avec les Bleus du rugby à 7 à Madrid". L'Équipe.
  2. ^ "France name Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ "France name Olympic 7s rosters". Americas Rugby News.com. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ "France Rugby Sevens Squads for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio 2016 Olympics Online.com. 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ^ "PAREZ Stephen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  7. ^ "[Portrait VII Masculin 1/13] Stephen Parez-Edo, du XV au VII il n'y a qu'un pas". midi-olympique.fr. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Rugby-Proust : Stephen Parez-Edo – Up And Under". www.upandunder.fr (in French). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Country Summary: France - Rugby World Cup Sevens South Africa 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Dupont's Olympic selection confirmed as French rugby federation announces squads for Paris Games". AP News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  11. ^ "France - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  12. ^ "France crowned men's rugby sevens Olympic champions in Paris". www.world.rugby. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.