Anne-Cécile Ciofani (born 14 December 1993) is a French rugby player. She was named

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Women’s Sevens Player of the Year for 2021.

Career

She discovered rugby at age 18 when she started studying Science and technology of physical and sports activities (STAPS), while she practiced the heptathlon: Six months after her debut, however, she was summoned to the Elite Center of Marcoussis, but was only selected in the national team in 2018. In 2018, when she finished her first year as a professional player at AC Bobigny, she became vice-champion of the world of rugby 7 with the France team. She scored a test on the last action in the game against the Olympic champion Australia, which qualified France in the final, and was elected best new player of the world tournament. She was a member of the French women's sevens team that competed at the

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Personal life

She came from a sporting family, both parents participated in Olympiads, her father

Walter Ciofani Walter Ciofani (born 17 February 1962 in Sedan, Ardennes) is a retired French hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.50 metres, achieved in May 1985 in Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the ...

in the

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in Los Angeles in 1984, and her Cameroonian mother Jeanne Ngo Minyemeck in women's shot put and the women's discus throw at Seoul in 1988. Her sisters Juliette (Junior French Champion) and Audrey Ciofani (French Champion Hope and Vice Elite Champion) are athletes at the hammer throw and licensed at the Athletic Circle of Montreuil 93. In 2022, Ciofani married Geoffray Durbant, who is a professional footballer.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciofani, Anne-Cecile 1993 births Living people Rugby union players from Seine-Saint-Denis Black French sportspeople French rugby sevens players French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in rugby sevens France international women's rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportswomen