Ano Kuwai
| Date of birth | October 20, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Ano Kuwai (桑井 亜乃, Kuwai Ano, born October 20, 1989) is a Japanese rugby union referee and former sevens player. She played for Japan's women's rugby sevens team and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rugby career
Player
Kuwai competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team.[1][2][3] She became the first Japanese rugby player to score a try at an Olympic Game.[4]
Referee
Kuwai will create history as the first to both play and referee sevens in the Olympics.[5][6] She was one of six women who were selected to officiate in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5][7]
References
- ^ "KUWAI Ano". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Sakura Sevens squad revealed for Rio Games". The Japan Times Online. 2016-07-16. ISSN 0447-5763. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Olympics: No medal for Japan women's rugby, but could still take prize". The Mainichi. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ a b "Rugby sevens match officials unveiled for Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Japan's Kuwai returns to Games as rugby ref". The Straits Times. 2024-05-09. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rugby: Japanese woman set to be 1st to play, referee at Olympics". Kyodo News+. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
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External links
- "Japan Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- Ano Kuwai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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