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3 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paarl_Gimnasium" title="Paarl Gimnasium">Paarl Gimnasium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">University</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Stellenbosch" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Stellenbosch">University of Stellenbosch</a> <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Africa" title="University of South Africa">University of South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox 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nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 20 April 2018</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2017–present</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="South Africa national rugby sevens team">South Africa Sevens</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 152</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (160)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 4 July 2018</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div 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</th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_Africa_Men%27s_Sevens" title="2024 Africa Men's Sevens">2024 Mauritius</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Africa_Men%27s_Sevens_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 Africa Men's Sevens – Men's tournament (page does not exist)">Team Competition</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Ryan Oosthuizen</b> (born <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1995-05-22</span>)</span>22 May 1995) is a South African <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player, currently playing with the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="South Africa national rugby sevens team">South Africa Sevens</a> team in the <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Sevens Series">World Rugby Sevens Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SARU_Player_Profile_Ryan_Oosthuizen_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SARU_Player_Profile_Ryan_Oosthuizen-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His regular position is forward in 7s and centre in 15 man rugby. </p><p>He made his debut for the South Africa Sevens team at the <a href="/wiki/2017_Hong_Kong_Sevens" title="2017 Hong Kong Sevens">2017 Hong Kong Sevens</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was also a member of the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="South Africa national rugby sevens team">South Africa Sevens team</a> that won the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_World_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series">2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series</a>. He is also a bronze medal winner at the <a href="/wiki/2018_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens">2018 World Cup 7s</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. </p><p>He competed for <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="South Africa national rugby sevens team">South Africa</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2024 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They defeated <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Australia national rugby 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