Pol Pla

Pol Pla Vegué (born 18 February 1993) is a Spanish rugby sevens player. He competed for the Spanish national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was also part of the squad that won the last qualifying spot for the Olympics in Monaco.[3]

Pol Pla Vegué
Pol Pla running with the ball in the Oktoberfest 7s tournament.
Full namePol Pla Vegué
Date of birth (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993
Place of birthBarcelona, Spain
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Notable relative(s)Bàrbara Pla, sister
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Rugby Sant Cugat ()
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
Spain 7s
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Spain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam competition

He achieved core team status with the national team for the world rugby seven series in 2017 and to the present, after winning the Hong Kong qualifying tournament. He is the Spanish national team player with the most number of tries in the world rugby seven series of history.

Pla's older sister, Bárbara also competed at the Olympics for the Spanish women's sevens team.[4][5]

References
  1. "PLA Pol". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  2. "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. "Spain keep faith with repechage heroes for Rio". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  4. "Seven Relation Army: Meet the 7 sets of siblings competing in the Olympic rugby sevens at Rio 2016". Rio 2016.com. 2016-08-01. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  5. Ballou, Elizabeth (August 2016). "Which Olympic Athletes Are Siblings? There Are More Than 30 Pairs And Trios Competing In Rio". www.bustle.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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