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Cory Sweeney
Cory Sweeney is a New Zealand rugby sevens coach. He is currently the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team Head Coach. He was appointed after the Tokyo Olympics. Sweeney was the Black Ferns Sevens assistant coach in 2016. He then Co-coached the Black Ferns Sevens team with Allan Bunting from 2019 until the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. He was nominated with Allan Bunting for the Halberg Halberg may refer to: People * Chuck Halberg (born 1942), American lawyer and politician * Franz Halberg (1919–2013), American-Romanian scientist and one of the founders of modern chronobiology * Jonny Halberg (born 1962), Norwegian author a ... Coach of the Year award in 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweeney, Cory Living people New Zealand rugby union coaches Rugby sevens in New Zealand Olympic coaches for New Zealand New Zealand national rugby sevens team coaches Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi-sport event, variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every Olympiad, four years, and since 1994 Winter Olympics, 1994, have alternated between the Summer Olympic Games, Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Pierre de Coubertin, Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the List of Olympic Games host cities, host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held Behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in Japan. It was hosted at Tokyo Stadium, which also served as a host stadium of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The tournament was played over three days from 29–31 July 2021. The medals for the competition were presented by Octavian Morariu, Romania; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Alan Gilpin, Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...; World Rugby Secretary General. Competition schedule Qualification * Notes: Group stage Group A ---- ---- * Notes: Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Ranking of third-placed teams The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds. Knockout st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Women's National Rugby Sevens Team
The New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team represents New Zealand in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. The team has participated in all rounds of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series since the competition's inception in 2012–13. New Zealand competed at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai. They lost to Australia 10–15 in the final in extra time. The New Zealand team has also won the 2013 and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments. New Zealand won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics and gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics. They won the 2019 Fast Four in New Zealand. New Zealand has dominated the Women's Sevens Series, winning six series titles since its inception in 2012 – 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19 and 2019–20. History Early days New Zealand did not have any official women's sevens team; they were unofficially represented by the New Zealand Wild Duck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Bunting
Allan Bunting (born 11 February 1975) is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens coach. He previously coached the Black Ferns sevens and was the inaugural head coach of the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. He was appointed as the Black Ferns fifteens coach in February 2023. Playing career Between 1999 and 2009 Bunting played for the New Zealand sevens team, the Chiefs, the Bay of Plenty Steamers and Tokyo Gas. Coaching career Bunting was the assistant coach for the Black Ferns Sevens from 2012 to 2016. He has also been the skills coach for the All Blacks Sevens and assistant coach for the Wellington Lions Sevens. Bunting replaced Sean Horan as head coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team after the 2016 Summer Olympics. After taking leave in 2019, he returned and co-coached the team with Cory Sweeney until the Tokyo Olympics. They won gold after defeating France in the Gold medal final. Bunting stepped down as co-coach after the Olympics and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halberg Awards
The Halberg Awards are a set of awards, given annually since 1949, recognising New Zealand's top sporting achievements. They are named for New Zealand former middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist Sir Murray Halberg. The initial award was handed out in 1949, and continued until 1960 under the auspices of the ''NZ Sportsman'' magazine. Since 1963, the awards have been organised by the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation, and the number of award categories has grown to eight. History The annual award was started in 1949 by ''NZ Sportsman'' magazine founders Maurice O’Connor and Jack Fairburn. The award was designed by them and bought from Walker and Hall for £195 NZ. The original inscription on the trophy was Fairburn and O’Connors words: "The New Zealand Sportsman's Trophy to be awarded annually to the New Zealand athlete whose personal performances or example, has had the most beneficial effect on the advancement of sport in the country". Awarding of the New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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New Zealand Rugby Union Coaches
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Rugby Sevens In New Zealand
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Coaches For New Zealand
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New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Team Coaches
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