Amélie Seure
| Date of birth | 17 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amélie Seure (born 17 August 1983) is a French-born Hong Kong rugby union and sevens player.
Biography[edit]
Seure is initially from Grenoble in France.[1] She studied at the Engineering school "Grenoble INP - Génie industriel" (Industrial Engineering & Management School at Grenoble Institute of Technology, UGA). She arrived in Hong Kong in 2005 to complete her MSc in Industrial Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.[2] She graduated in 2016.[3]
Rugby career[edit]
Fifteens[edit]
Seure made her debut for Hong Kong in 2008.[2] She represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4] She was named in the fifteens team in 2016 for the Women's Rugby World Cup Qualifiers against Japan and Fiji.[5]
Sevens[edit]
Seure was part of the Hong Kong sevens team who competed at the Olympic Repechage tournament in Dublin for the Rio Olympics.[6] She was also selected in the squad as they pursued a spot in the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Agars, Sam (2017-04-05). "'Frenchie' Amelie Seure juggling cheese, bread and rugby as she prepares for seventh Sevens". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong call on their French connection | Women's Rugby World Cup". Asia Rugby. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Amelie Seure". HKU Business School. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ Waqa, Jovilisi (2017-08-07). "WRWC2017 Pool A: Canada and New Zealand Fight it Out for Top Spot". Last Word on Rugby. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "New look for Hong Kong ahead of Women's…". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Strong Hong Kong Women's Sevens squad selected for Olympic Repechage". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Hong Kong Rugby Union host World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Qualifier to mark 20 years of international women's sevens". hksevens.com. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-22.