Jade Ulutule ( ''née'' Le Pesq, born 12 October 1992) is a French rugby sevens player.

Biography

Ulutule played for the

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in the 2012

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. Ulutule was selected as a member of the

France women's national rugby sevens team France women's national rugby sevens team was champion of Europe in 2007 (European Women's Sevens Championship). They competed at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, their qualification being determined by their placement in the 2016–17 World Rugb ...

to the

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. She was part of the French team that won the

2018 Six Nations Championship The 2018 Six Nations Championship (known as the Natwest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th Six Nations Championship, the annual international rugby union tournament for the six major European rugby union nations. The championship wa ...

. She also competed at the

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and won a silver medal. In 2021, She played for the French fifteens team at the

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. She was in the starting line-up when they routed

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56–15. She also featured in their defeat to

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in the Six Nations title match. Ulutule captained the side that won a bronze medal at the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulutule, Jade 1992 births Living people People from Fécamp Female rugby sevens players France international rugby sevens players Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime French female rugby union players Olympic rugby sevens players for France Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in rugby sevens France international women's rugby sevens players France women's international rugby union players