Pol Pla
 Pol Pla running with the ball in the Oktoberfest 7s tournament. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Pol Pla Vegué | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Bárbara Pla (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pol Pla Vegué (born 18 February 1993) is a Spanish rugby sevens player who plays for and captains the Spanish national rugby sevens team. He was part of the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1][2] as well as the squad that won the last qualifying spot for the Olympics in Monaco.
He achieved core team status with the national team for the world rugby seven series in 2017 and to the present, after winning the Hong Kong qualifying tournament. He is the Spanish national team player with the most number of tries in the world rugby seven series of history.
Pla's older sister, Bárbara also competed at the Olympics for the Spanish women's sevens team.[3][4]
In August 2025, he was selected by the northern Catalan club USA Perpignan to participate in the 2025 season of Supersevens, a rugby sevens tournament.[5]
As of August 30, 2025, Pla has played 256 games for Spain. He has scored 110 tries for a total of 550 points.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "PLA Pol". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Seven Relation Army: Meet the 7 sets of siblings competing in the Olympic rugby sevens at Rio 2016". Rio 2016.com. 2016-08-01. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ Ballou, Elizabeth (August 2016). "Which Olympic Athletes Are Siblings? There Are More Than 30 Pairs And Trios Competing In Rio". www.bustle.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "Rugby à 7 : pour la dernière étape du Supersevens à Pau, l'USAP se présentera avec une star du circuit mondial". www.lindependant.fr. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ "Pol Pla on svns.com". www.svns.com. August 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
External links
[edit]- Pol Pla at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)