Teruya Goto
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| Date of birth | December 18, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Yamanashi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teruya Goto (後藤 輝也, Gotō Teruya, born December 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[1][2][3][4] He scored the first try in their upset against New Zealand at the Olympics.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "GOTO Teruya". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Japan upsets mighty New Zealand in Olympic rugby". EFE.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Miles, Christian (2016-08-10). "Japan shocks New Zealand in rugby sevens at Rio Olympics". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
External links
[edit]- Teruya Goto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- JRFU Player Profile
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yamanashi Prefecture
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Japanese rugby union players
- Green Rockets Tokatsu players
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Sunwolves players
- Rugby union wings