Rugby player
Liske Lategan
Date of birth | (1998-11-25) 25 November 1998 (age 25) |
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Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
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Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) |
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Liske Lategan (born 25 November 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player.
Career
Lategan made her debut for the South African sevens team in 2019.[1] She competed for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[2][3] She scored a hat-trick in their seventh-place victory over Sri Lanka.[4]
Lategan featured for the sevens side at the 2023 Africa Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifier in Tunisia.[5] She scored a try against Zimbabwe in their opening match.[5]
Personal life
Lategan is the niece of former Springbok winger Pieter Hendriks, who scored the first try at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa.[1] In 2017, she attended the University of Pretoria.[1]
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