Ronald Brown (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 2 September 1995 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||
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Ronald Brown (born 2 September 1995) is a South African rugby sevens player.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham.[3][4][5][6]
Brown was originally named as a traveling reserve but was later called in to replace the injured Quewin Nortje, he competed for South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ronald Brown". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - South Africa vs Kenya - Pool C Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Mostert, Herman. "Team SA squad named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". news24.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games". sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "South Africa stun Fiji to win men's rugby sevens Commonwealth gold". the Guardian. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Springbok Sevens squad named for 2024 Olympic Games". SA Rugby. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "South Africa - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Blitzboks shock NZ to go into Olympic semi-finals". SA Rugby. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ronald Brown at Springbok Sevens
- Ronald Brown at Olympics.com
- Ronald Brown at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ronald Brown at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Ronald Brown on Instagram
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