Liske Lategan

Liske Lategan (born 25 November 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player.

Liske Lategan

Date of birth	(1998-11-25) 25 November 1998 (age 26)
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team Years Team Comps 2019–Present  South Africa 36

Career

Lategan made her debut for the South African sevens team in 2019.^[1] She competed for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[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.^[5] She scored a try against Zimbabwe in their opening match.^[5]

She was a member of the South African side that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[6][7]

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]