Pol Pla Explained

Full Name:Pol Pla Vegué
Birth Date:18 February 1993
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Relatives:Bárbara Plà (Sister)
Clubs1:Sant Cugat CR
Years2:2015-2019
Clubs2:FC Barcelona Rugby
Pol Pla Vegué

Pol Pla Vegué (born 18 February 1993) is a Spanish rugby sevens player. He competed for the Spanish national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] [2] He was also part of 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PLA Pol. Rio 2016. 2016-08-21. 2016-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826103030/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/pol-pla. dead.
  2. Web site: Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s. 28 July 2016. skysports.com. 22 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Seven Relation Army: Meet the 7 sets of siblings competing in the Olympic rugby sevens at Rio 2016 . 2016-08-01 . Rio 2016.com . 2016-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053559/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/meet-the-seven-siblings-in-rugby-sevens-at-rio-2016-olympic-games . 2016-08-06 .
  4. Web site: Which Olympic Athletes Are Siblings? There Are More Than 30 Pairs And Trios Competing In Rio. Ballou. Elizabeth. August 2016. www.bustle.com. 2016-08-21.