Aya Takeuchi

Aya Takeuchi (竹内 亜弥, Takeuchi Aya, born August 5, 1986) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She played for Japan's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1][2][3] She won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games as a member of Japan's sevens team.

Aya Takeuchi

Date of birth	(1986-08-05) August 5, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team Years Team Comps 2014- Japan 7s
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing  Japan Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team

Takeuchi graduated from Kyoto University. She also played volleyball for ten years.^[4]

References

1. "TAKEUCHI Aya". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
2. "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
3. "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
4. Arai, Susumu (2015-12-01). "Players from other sports help power Sakura 7s to berth in Rio". asianews.network. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-13.

External links

• Aya Takeuchi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• "Japan Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-13.