Justin Geduld
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Justin Gilberto Geduld | ||
| Born |
1 October 1993 Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (11 st 0 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Tygerberg High School | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Centre | ||
| Current club | Western Province | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Western Province | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2014– | Western Province | 4 | (10) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2013– | South Africa Sevens | 71 | (257) |
| 2013 | South Africa Under-20 | 3 | (10) |
|
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 October 2014. | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2014 Glasgow | Team |
Justin Gilberto Geduld (born 1 October 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently contracted to SARU as a sevens rugby player, as well as playing domestic rugby union for Western Province.[1][2] His regular position is centre.
He was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
Youth
He represented Western Province at the 2011 Craven Week competition and also played for their Under-19 team in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition.
Sevens
In 2013, he was contracted to play rugby sevens for the S.A. Sevens team. He represented the team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and played in tournaments in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan and Scotland.
Representative rugby
He was included in the S.A. Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]
2016 Summer Olympics
Geduld was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4] He was named in the starting lineup for their first match in Group B of the competition against Spain, with South Africa winning the match 24–0.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Justin Geduld". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ↑ "Scoresway Player Profile Justin Geduld". Scoresway. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ↑ "Rugby Sevens squad for Olympics named". South African Rugby Union. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Men Schedule & Results – Olympic Rugby Sevens (RSA–ESP)". Rio 2016. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Olympic Games Men's Sevens, Match 2". World Rugby. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.