NATHAN-WONG Tyla

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA
1	Women	2013	Moscow, RUS

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020
1	Women	2019
1	Women	2016/2017
2	Women	2018

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
1	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
2	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN
1	Women	2018	Langford, BC, CAN
1	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
1	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
1	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE
5	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Paris, FRA
1	Women	2017	Clermont-Ferrand, FRA
2	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN
1	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
5	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA
1	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA

The Boss (english.cctv.com, 08 Apr 2016)

Athlete

Exercise Science, Sports Science - Massey University, Palmerston North, NZL

Partner Tupuria

English

Allan Bunting [national], NZL; Cory Sweeney [national], NZL

Back (nzcity.co.nz, 22 Jul 2018)

Her grandfather David Wong played provincial rugby league [13-a-side] in New Zealand for Auckland. Her mother Deanne and aunt Sheree both played touch rugby for New Zealand, while her father Russell played rugby for the Auckland Maoris. (nzherald.co.nz, 27 Apr 2010)

She has also represented New Zealand in touch rugby, and competed at the 2011 World Cup in Edinburgh, Scotland. (skynext.co.nz, 15 Sep 2015; news.aut.ac.nz, 14 Oct 2014)

2012 for New Zealand (allblacks.com, 20 Jul 2016)

"People have told me that I am too small to play rugby or not strong enough, but I've just taken that and flipped it into a positive." (english.cctv.com, 08 Apr 2016)

New Zealand rugby union [15-a-side] player Anna Richards, Australian rugby league [13-a-side] player Jonathan Thurston, New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams, New Zealand canoeist Lisa Carrington. (allblacks.com, 20 Jul 2016)

Her grandfather David and her father Russell. (allblacks.com, 20 Jul 2016)

"Deeds, not words." (nzherald.co.nz, 27 Apr 2010)

She was named on the 2020 Sevens Series Women's Dream Team by World Rugby. She was also presented with the Mark of Excellence for reaching 1000 points in the World Rugby Sevens Series during the 2020 Series. (world.rugby, 16 Sep 2020)

In 2019 she was named Sevens Player of the Year by New Zealand Rugby. (allblacks.com, 17 Mar 2020)

She was named Distance Sportswoman of the Year at the 2018 Massey University Blues Awards in New Zealand. (massey.ac.nz, 19 Nov 2018)

In 2018 she won the Maori Sportsperson Award at the Massey University Harbour Sports Excellence Awards. (Massey University School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Facebook page, 17 Nov 2018)

In 2015 she was named New Zealand's Best Women's Sevens Player, Waitakere Sportswoman of the Year, and U23 Player of the Year by women's rugby website Scrum Queens. (stuff.co.nz, 14 Jan 2016)

In 2013 she was named Junior Maori Sportswoman of the Year at the National Maori Sports Awards in New Zealand, and Female of the Year at the Auckland University of Technology Blues Awards. (teaomaori.news, 30 Nov 2013; news.aut.ac.nz, 14 Oct 2014)