Terry Bouhraoua (born 29 August 1987) is a French

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

and

rugby union sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...

player who plays for the France national rugby sevens team. His position is scrum-half. Bouhraoua was born in

Châteaudun Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Châteaudun is located about 45 ...

, France. He began professional rugby in 2005 for

Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...

and left the French capital four years later for

AS Béziers Hérault Association sportive de Béziers Hérault (; ), often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. They earn ...

, which played in

Fédérale 1 The championnat de France de rugby à XV de 1re division fédérale (), a.k.a. Fédérale 1 (), is a French rugby union club competition, it is the elite of amateur rugby in France. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Français ...

(third division).

International

In 2010 he signed a contract with the

French Rugby Federation The French Rugby Federation (, ; FFR) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's professional leagues. History Before the FFR ...

(FFR) to play in French national rugby sevens team. Since 2014, he has been the captain of the team. Bouhraoua made his international debut in rugby sevens during the

2010 Dubai Sevens The Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on December 3 and 4 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in ...

. He played the

2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, ended by

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

in Cup quarter final (10-12). He was the top scorer of the competition with 43 points, one more than the South African

Cecil Afrika Cecil Sebastian Afrika (born 3 March 1988) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where he plays at flyhalf. He also plays for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). Afrika was a member of the S ...

, and top try scorer of his team with four tries.

Awards

* Top try scorer in

2015 Dubai Sevens The 2015 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Format The teams were drawn into four pool ...

(8 tries) * Top scorer in

(43 points) * Top try scorer in

2016 South Africa Sevens The 2016 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 10–11 December 2016 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town ...

(10 tries)

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouhraoua, Terry 1987 births Living people People from Châteaudun CA Brive players Stade Français Paris players French rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for France France international rugby sevens players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Sportspeople from Eure-et-Loir AS Béziers Hérault players 21st-century French sportsmen