Kelly Russell

Kelly Russell
Date of birth (1986-12-07) December 7, 1986
Place of birth Bolton, Ontario
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007– Canada 35 ()
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2009 Canada
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam

Kelly Russell (born December 7, 1986) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] Kelly and her younger sister Laura were both named in the 2014 World Cup squad.[4]

Russell has also featured in two Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009 and 2013.[5]

She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][6]

In 2016, Russell was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[7] The team won bronze.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kelly Russell". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Ben Kerr, lastwordonsports.com (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bryan Kelly, Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com) (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ TSN.ca (The Canadian Press) (June 30, 2014). "Ontario's Russell To Lead Canada At Women's Rugby World Cup". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ Ciara Maynard, Western Mustangs.ca (August 1, 2014). "Former Mustang Kelly Russell captains Team Canada at Rugby World Cup". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kelly Russell". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ 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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