Terry Bouhraoua (born 29 August 1987) is a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

and rugby union sevens player who plays for the France national rugby sevens team. His position is scrum-half. Bouhraoua was born in

Châteaudun Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Châteaudun is located about 45& ...

, France. He began professional rugby in 2005 for

Stade Français Stade Français Paris Rugby () is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era. The ...

and left the French capital four years later for

AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive Béziers Hérault ( oc, Associacion Esportiva de Besièrs Erau), often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country's profess ...

, which played in Fédérale 1 (third division).

International

In 2010 he signed a contract with the

French Rugby Federation The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the France national rugby union team, French national team and the National Rugby League (Franc ...

(FFR) to play in French national rugby sevens team. Since 2014, he has been the captain of the team. Bouhraoua made his international debut in rugby sevens during the

2010 Dubai Sevens The Dubai Sevens was played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on December 3 and December 4 at The Sevens. It was the first of eig ...

. He played the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

, ended by

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

in Cup quarter final (10-12). He was the top scorer of the competition with 43 points, one more than the South African

Cecil Afrika Cecil Sebastian Afrika (born 3 March 1988) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where he plays at flyhalf. He also plays for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). Afrika was a member of the ...

, and top try scorer of his team with four tries.

Awards

* Top try scorer in

2015 Dubai Sevens The 2015 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2015 at The Sevens (stadium), The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Format The teams are d ...

(8 tries) * Top scorer in

(43 points) * Top try scorer in

2016 South Africa Sevens The 2016 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 10–11 December 2016 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, ...

(10 tries)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouhraoua, Terry 1987 births Living people People from Châteaudun CA Brive players Stade Français players French rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of France France international rugby sevens players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Sportspeople from Eure-et-Loir AS Béziers Hérault players