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Mahina Paul

Date of birth	(2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Whakatāne, New Zealand
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Mererangi Paul (sister)
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Rangataua (0) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2020 – present Bay of Plenty 10 (45) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2019 – present  New Zealand 54 apps 23 tries 115 points
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Women's rugby sevens Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team competition

Mahina Paul (born 19 April 2001) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Rugby career

Paul has represented New Zealand in touch rugby and at the Youth Olympic Games for rugby sevens in 2018.

Paul made her Black Ferns Sevens international debut at the South Africa Sevens in Cape Town in 2019. She was one of three players who were handed professional contracts earlier that year. She later featured at the 2020 New Zealand Sevens in Hamilton.

Paul was named as a travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Sevens team for the Olympic sevens competition| Paris Olympics. The team won the gold medal, defeating Canada 19–12 in the final.

See also

• List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

References

1. "Mahina Paul". SVNS. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
2. ^ Beck, David (16 January 2019). "Whakatāne teen makes Black Ferns Sevens squad". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
3. ^ "Ignite7 alumni Mahina Paul helps make history in Hamilton". Red Bull. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
4. Hurkmans, Mahina (27 December 2019). "Mataatua sevens stars keep in touch with whānau". Māori Television. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
5. "Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games". allblacks.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
6. "Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games". Stuff. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
7. Kermeen, Mat (20 June 2024). "Sevens star Sarah Hirini completes 'unbelievable' recovery for Paris Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
8. Burgess, Michael (31 July 2024). "Olympics 2024: New Zealand women's rugby sevens clinch Olympic gold in Paris". NZ Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

External links

• Black Ferns Profile

• 2001 births
• Living people
• New Zealand female rugby union players
• New Zealand female rugby sevens players
• New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players
• Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Rugby union players from Whakatāne
• Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand
• Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen