Mathrin Simmers
 Simmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1988 Knysna, South Africa | ||||||||||
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| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||
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Mathrin Simmers (born 3 March 1988) is a South African rugby sevens player.
Rugby career
[edit]Simmers competed for South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[2] She was selected again to represent South Africa at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco.[3]
Simmers was named in South Africa's squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where they finished in seventh place.[4][5][6] She was later selected to represent South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[7][8]
She was a member of the South African side that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Retiring Simmers lauded for distinguished career in green and gold". SA Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 September 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games sevens teams named". rugby15.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Mpupha to lead SA at RWC Women's Sevens". SA Rugby. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "SA Women's Sevens finish on a high in Birmingham". SA Rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "South Africa name Rugby World Cup Sevens squads". SA Rugby. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Mostert, Herman (2 September 2022). "Veteran Cecil Afrika recalled as Blitzboks name Rugby World Cup Sevens squad". Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "South Africa - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Dazel says We are ready to embrace the moment of Paris 2024". SA Rugby. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- South Africa international women's rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for South Africa
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century South African sportswomen
- People from Knysna