German Davydov (born 10 March 1994) is a

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player who generally plays as a

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represents

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internationally. 2019-2020 REIC Men XV - Russia vs

Career

He was called up to join the Russian rugby sevens team for the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

and was subsequently a key member of the team which won the gold medal in the men's rugby sevens tournament. He made his international debut for Russia against Emerging Ireland on 13 June 2014 at the 2014 IRB Nations Cup. He was selected to the Russian squad for the

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by Worl ...

. He was also named in the national squad for the men's tournament at the

2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the seventh edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Organised by World Rugby, it was held at AT&T Park, now known as Oracle Park, in San Francisco, United States. A total of 84 matches were played over three da ...

. He was included in the Russian squad for the

2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening match ...

which was held in Japan for the first time and also marked his first World Cup appearance. He was also part of the national side which participated at the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship and 2021 Rugby Europe Championship.

References

{{Russia-rugbyunion-bio-stub Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Living people 1994 births Rugby union fly-halves VVA Podmoskovye players Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade