Chloé Jacquet (born 17 April 2002 in Viriat) is a French

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player who plays as a fullback. She plays

for her home town

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

in France where she also attends university. Jacquet was named in the France squad for the

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. She was named in France's fifteens team for the

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. She competed for

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at the

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* * * 2002 births Living people People from Viriat Rugby union players from Ain French female rugby union players France women's international rugby union players French rugby sevens players France international women's rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for France Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-rugbyunion-bio-2000s-stub