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Line 1: {{short description\|Canadian rugby player\|bot=PearBOT 5}} ~~{{Infobox sportsperson~~ {{Infobox rugby biography \| name = Bianca Farella ~~\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1992\|04\|10}}~~ \| image = ~~\| birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]~~ \| ~~height~~caption = ~~{{height\|cm~~=~~173}}~~ \| ~~weight~~ birth_date = {{~~convert~~birth date and age\|741992\|kg4\|~~lb\|abbr=on~~10}} \| ~~country~~ birth_place = ~~{{CAN}}~~[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] \| ~~sport~~height = ~~[[Rugby~~1.73 ~~sevens]]~~m \|~~show-medals~~ weight = ~~yes~~74 kg \| school = Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's High School ~~\|medaltemplates=~~ \| university = [[Concordia University]] {{MedalSport\|Women’s [[rugby sevens]]}}▼ \| amatteam1 = TMR RFC {{MedalCountry\|{{CAN}}}}▼ \| amatteam2 = [[Concordia Stingers]] {{MedalCompetition\|[[Pan American Games]]}}▼ \| amatyears2 = 2012 ~~{{MedalGold\|[[2015 Pan American Games\|2015 Toronto]]\|[[Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament\|Team]]}}~~ \| amatteam3 = Dawson Blues \| amatyears3 = 2010?-2011? \| repcaps1 = \| reppoints1 = \| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 2013- \| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = {{ruw7\|Canada\|noflag=1}} \| medals = ▲ {{MedalSport\|~~Women’s~~Women's [[rugby sevens]]}} ▲ {{MedalCountry\|{{CAN}}}} ▲ {{MedalCompetition\|[[~~Pan~~Rugby ~~American~~sevens at the Summer Olympics\|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalBronze\|[[Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics\|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]\|[[Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament\|Team competition]]}} {{MedalCompetition\|[[Rugby World Cup Sevens\|World Cup 7s]]}} {{MedalSilver\|[[2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament\|2013 Russia]]\|[[2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament#Canada\|Team competition]]}} }} '''Bianca Farella''' (born April 10, 1992) is a Canadian [[rugby union]] player.<ref name="toronto">[http://olympic.ca/team-canada/bianca-farella/ COC Profile]</ref> Farella won a gold medal at the [[2015 Pan American Games]] rugby sevens competition.<ref name="toronto"/> '''Bianca Farella''' (born April 10, 1992) is a Canadian rugby player. In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.<ref>{{cite news \|first=Beth \|last=MacDonnell \|title=Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016 \|url=http://olympic.ca/2016/07/08/historic-first-canadian-women-selected-to-hit-the-olympic-rugby-pitch-at-rio-2016/ \|website=Olympic.ca \|publisher=[[Canadian Olympic Committee]] \|date=8 July 8, 2016 \|accessdate=8 July 10, 2016}}</ref> == Rugby career == At the age of 13, Farella chose to join rugby as her spring sport due to her preference for team sports and because her high school [[Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School]] only offered tennis, badminton, and rugby as spring sports.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=18 June 2015 \|title=20 Questions with Bianca Farella – Canada Women's Sevens \|url=https://www.canadasevens.com/womens/blog/2015/06/18/20-questions-with-bianca-farella/ \|access-date=30 July 2021 \|website=Canada Sevens}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Papoulias \|first=Kosta \|date=21 July 2016 \|title=Montreal native Bianca Farella sees Canada's women winning rugby sevens gold \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bianca-farella-olympic-montreal-rugby-1.3690118 \|access-date=30 July 2021 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name="Miss Edgar">{{Cite web \|date=8 September 2016 \|title=ECS Grad Vital to Medal-Winning Rugby @ Rio Team \|url=https://www.ecs.qc.ca/news-detail?pk=860628 \|access-date=30 July 2021 \|website=Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School}}</ref> In [[CEGEP]], Farella joined the [[Dawson College]] Blues. She was a three-time all-star and the team MVP.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=11 July 2016 \|title=Former Stinger Bianca Farella off to Rio Olympics \|url=https://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1283 \|access-date=30 July 2021 \|website=Stingers.ca}}</ref> During her one-year playing with the [[Concordia Stingers]] in 2012, she led the Quebec university women's rugby conference in tries scored (12 tries for 60 points). She was named the [[RSEQ]] Conference All-Star, RSEQ Rookie of the Year, [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport\|CIS]] Rookie of the Year, and CIS All-Star.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=11 July 2016 \|title=Former Stinger Bianca Farella off to Rio Olympics \|url=http://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1283 \|access-date=30 July 2021 \|website=Stingers.ca}}</ref> After her stellar performance in the CIS, Farella went to British Columbia to join the centralized women's [[Rugby Canada]] program. After one year with the national team, she was part of the squad that won silver at the [[2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=8 July 2021 \|title=Bianca Farella - Team Canada \|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/bianca-farella/ \|access-date=30 July 2021 \|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website}}</ref> At the 2014 [[International University Sports Federation\|FISU]] in Brazil, Farella captained the Canadian team to gold. A year later, she missed the [[2015 Pan Am Games]] to undergo shoulder surgery. Farella rejoined the national squad during the second leg of the 2015-16 [[World Rugby Women's Sevens Series]] in São Paulo. By the season's end, Farella ranked ninth in the world with 315 career series points (and second, behind [[Ghislaine Landry]], for all-time in series tries for Canada with 63 points. In June 2021, Farella was named to [[Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics\|Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Awad\|first=Brandi\|title=Team Canada names women's and men's rugby teams for Tokyo 2020\|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/06/25/team-canada-names-womens-and-mens-rugby-teams-for-tokyo-2020/\|publisher=[[Canadian Olympic Committee]]\|date=25 June 2021\|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Davidson\|first=Neil\|date=25 June 2021\|title=Veteran trio to lead Canada's rugby 7s squads at the Tokyo Olympics\|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/rugby/canada-rugby-sevens-1.6080451\|work=[[Canadian Press]]\|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada\|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref> == Achievements and honours == * 2017, [[Canada Sevens]] Langford dream team<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/05/29/canadians-dominate-langford-dream-team/\|title=Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team\|date=2017-05-29\|website=Americas Rugby News\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref> 2018, Rugby Canada Player of the Year (7s)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Awards and Recognition\|url=https://rugby.ca/en/about/awards-and-recognition\|access-date=2021-05-01\|website=Rugby Canada\|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== [https://rugby.ca/en/athletes/bianca-farella Bianca Farella] at [[Rugby Canada]] * {{Team Canada\|bianca-farella}} * {{Olympics.com\|bianca-farella}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile\|63721}} {{Canada Women's sevens squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{Canada Women's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad}} {{Canada women's rugby sevens squad 2016 Summer Olympics}} {{Canada Women's 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad}} {{Canada Women's sevens squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Farella, Bianca}} Line 25 ⟶ 63: [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian female rugby union players]] [[Category:Canada international rugby sevens players]] [[Category:Canada international women's rugby sevens players]] [[Category:Olympic ~~competitors~~rugby sevens players for Canada]]▼ [[Category:~~Pan~~Olympic ~~American Games gold~~bronze medalists for Canada]]▼ [[Category:Olympic medalists in rugby sevens]] [[Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2016 ~~Olympic~~Summer ~~Games~~Olympics]]▼ [[Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada]] [[Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Montreal]] [[Category:Rugby union players ~~at the 2015 Pan American~~from ~~Games~~Quebec]] ▲[[Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Olympic Games]] ▲[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada]] ▲[[Category:Olympic competitors for Canada]]