Brittany Benn

Brittany Benn
Date of birth (1989-04-23) April 23, 1989
Place of birth Napanee, Ontario
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Canada ()
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam

Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.[4]

Benn won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][5]

In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team that went on to win the bronze medal for Canada.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Britt Benn". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bryan Kelly (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ Alison Donnelly (September 2013). "Canada name touring squad". scrumqueens.com. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Brittany Benn". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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