Carla Neisen (born 8 March 1996) is a French
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
player who plays as a center for the Blagnac women's rugby club and for the
France women's national rugby union team
The France women's national rugby union team represents France in women's international rugby union. They played their first international in 1982 against the Netherlands.
History
''Source: "Des Filles en Ovalie", Éditions Atlantica (2005), W ...
since 2012.
Neisen competed at the
2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, where the team won a silver medal. She competed at the
2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the eighth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens organised by World Rugby. The 2022 tournament, comprising 24 men's and 16 women's teams as previously, was played over three days in one venue in September. It ...
and won a bronze medal.
Family
She is the younger sister of
Anderson Neisen, and the cousin of rugby player
Enzo Hervé.
Awards
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Ordre national du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's esta ...
(8 September 2021 decree)
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
France international women's rugby sevens players
France women's international rugby union players
French female rugby league players
French female rugby union players
French rugby sevens players
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic rugby sevens players for France
Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
Olympic silver medalists for France
Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rugby league players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rugby union players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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