Michaela Brake (née Blyde; born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and a double Olympic gold medalist.

[7] Blyde was raised up on the family's dairy farm at Lepperton, and was educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School.

He had without telling her flown over from New Zealand to surprise her, which caused her to break down and begin crying before she ran to give him a hug.

[11] Immediately upon leaving school Blyde was offered a national training contract for 2014, and in February of that year, at the age of 18, she scored a try on her debut for New Zealand in their game against the Netherlands in Atlanta tournament of the Rugby World Sevens Series.

[3] Along with Shiray Tane she was one of the two travelling reserves for the Rio Games, which required them to stay in accommodation outside of the Olympic village away from the rest of the team.

Her performance led to Blyde being named 2017 World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the year.

In the final of the World Cup Blyde scored three tries as part of her contribution to New Zealand beating France 29–0.

[19] At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 Blyde scored seven tries in five matches, including in the final, which New Zealand won, earning her a gold medal.

[29] At the time only six other women had reached this milestone, among the others being Charlotte Caslick, Chloé Pelle, Sharni Williams and Portia Woodman.

At the 2024 Singapore Sevens tournament on 3–5 May 2024 she again scored a hat-trick in the final as part of her contribution to New Zealand's 31–21 win over Australia.

[34] On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Sevens team for the Paris Olympics.

[35] During pool play against Canada Blyde required seven stitches in her forehead after she made contact with Canadian player Charity Williams.

[36][37] Following the Olympics Blyde took an break from international rugby for the remainder of 2024 and thus missed the first two tournaments of the 2024-2025 sevens series season.

[41] On 4 January 2025 at Ohauiti in the Bay of Plenty, Blyde married her long term partner, Olympic gold medallist rower Michael Brake.