Amélie Seure

Amélie Seure (born 17 August 1983) is a French-born Hong Kong rugby union and sevens player.

Amélie Seure

Date of birth	(1983-08-17) 17 August 1983 (age 41)
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Rugby union career
International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–  Hong Kong National sevens team Years Team Comps  Hong Kong

Biography

Seure is initially from Grenoble in France.^[1] She studied at the Engineering school "Grenoble INP - Génie industriel" (Industrial Engineering & Management School at Grenoble Institute of Technology, UGA). She arrived in Hong Kong in 2005 to complete her MSc in Industrial Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.^[2] She graduated in 2016.^[3]

Rugby career

Fifteens

Seure made her debut for Hong Kong in 2008.^[2] She represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.^[4] She was named in the fifteens team in 2016 for the Women's Rugby World Cup Qualifiers against Japan and Fiji.^[5]

Sevens

Seure was part of the Hong Kong sevens team who competed at the Olympic Repechage tournament in Dublin for the Rio Olympics.^[6] She was also selected in the squad as they pursued a spot in the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.^[1][7]

References

1. Agars, Sam (2017-04-05). "'Frenchie' Amelie Seure juggling cheese, bread and rugby as she prepares for seventh Sevens". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
2. "Hong Kong call on their French connection | Women's Rugby World Cup". Asia Rugby. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
3. "Amelie Seure". HKU Business School. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
4. Waqa, Jovilisi (2017-08-07). "WRWC2017 Pool A: Canada and New Zealand Fight it Out for Top Spot". Last Word on Rugby. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
5. "New look for Hong Kong ahead of Women's…". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
6. "Strong Hong Kong Women's Sevens squad selected for Olympic Repechage". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
7. "Hong Kong Rugby Union host World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Qualifier to mark 20 years of international women's sevens". hksevens.com. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-22.