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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 {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub