Timothy John Mikkelson (born 13 August 1986) is a New Zealand professional
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 ...
player who plays as a
forward for the
New Zealand national sevens team.
International career
Mikkelson plays for the
New Zealand national rugby sevens team
The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record 14 World Rugby Sevens Series titles.
The team played for ...
and is the most capped player in the team's history, surpassing former captain DJ Forbes record when he played his 90th tournament in Los Angeles in 2020. Mikkelson was then named player of the tournament for the
2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup and also received IRB Sevens Player of the Year for the 2012–13 season.
Mikkelson has scored more than 200 career tries for New Zealand in the
World Rugby Sevens Series, putting him third on the all-time try scorers list in that competition.
[IRBSevens.com, All Time Player Tries, http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/allinttriesdetails.html]
Mikkelson has also played rugby for the Chiefs and for Waikato.
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1986 births
Living people
Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
New Zealand international rugby sevens players
New Zealand male rugby sevens players
New Zealand rugby union players
Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand
Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rugby union players from Matamata
Rugby union wings
Waikato rugby union players
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
People educated at Matamata College
21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens
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