Ghislaine Landry

Ghislaine Landry
Personal information
Born (1988-04-27) April 27, 1988
Toronto, Ontario
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country  Canada
Sport Rugby sevens
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam

Ghislaine Landry (born April 27, 1988) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][2] As of the 2016-17 season, Landry succeeded Jen Kish as captain of the national sevens.

In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team,[3] which won the bronze medal in a match against Great Britain. In 2017, Landry moved into first place all-time in HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series scoring with 706 points.[4]

Attended Saint Francis Xavier University.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ghislaine Landry". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ghislaine Landry". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Canada, Moleschi, win bronze medal at HSBC USA Sevens - Williams Lake News". Williams Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
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