Kyle Gie Brown (born 6 February 1987) is a South African

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player, currently playing with the South African Sevens team. He was the captain of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the

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Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

He played some youth rugby for

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-based side at Under-19 level in 2006 and at Under-21 level in 2007. In 2008, he returned to

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to play in the

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competition, making seven appearances as his side the reached the final of the competition, where they were beaten 16–10 by fellow

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university . He was also included in the side that played in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

South African Sevens

At the end of 2008, Brown was included in the South African Sevens squad for the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series. He made his debut at the

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and played every leg of the series, as South Africa won the series for the first time at their tenth attempt. He also played in the

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competition, helping South Africa to the quarter-finals, where they lost to

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. He also won a bronze medal with the side at the 2009 World Games in

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. He became a key member of the sevens side over the next few years, appearing in the majority of tournaments in

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, although he did miss most of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series through injury. He returned in time for the

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, but the Blitzbokke once again lost in the quarter-finals of the competition, this time to

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. However, they made some amends by winning gold medals at 2013 World Games in

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shortly afterwards. He played in seven further legs of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series and then captained the squad that played at the

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in Glasgow, helping his side all the way to the final, where they got a 17–12 victory over a

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that won the previous four tournaments.

2016 Summer Olympics

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in Rio de Janeiro. He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Group B of the competition against

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, with South Africa winning the match 24–0. He started their second match against

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, scoring one of South Africa's four tries in a 26–0 victory, and dropped to the bench for their final match against

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. Despite a 5–12 defeat in this match, South Africa still finished top of

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to set up a quarter final rematch against Australia. Brown was restored to the starting line-up for this match and scored one of South Africa's tries in a 22–5 victory. He started South Africa's semi-final match against

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and scored South Africa's only points of a 5–7 defeat, which saw his side eliminated from gold medal contention. He also started their third-place play-off, helping his side to a 54–14 victory over

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to secure a bronze medal in the

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