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Date of birth | April 27, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | St Francis Xavier University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] During the 2016-17 season, Landry succeeded Jen Kish as captain of the national sevens. On 20 October 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the women's sevens World Series.[3]
In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team,[4] 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.[5] In June 2021, Landry was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[6][7]
Landry attended Saint Francis Xavier University.
She came out as homosexual in 2006 and married her partner in 2018.[8][9][10]
Achievements and honours
- 2013, Canada, Sevens Silver medallist at Rugby World Cup Sevens.[11]
- 2016, Canada, Sevens Bronze medallist at Rio Olympic Games.[12]
- 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team.[13]
- 2018, Canada, Sevens Captain of Canadian Rugby World Cup Sevens team.[14]
References
- ^ a b "Ghislaine Landry". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Ghislaine Landry". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "Canadian rugby 7s captain Ghislaine Landry scores 1,000th career point". CBC Sports. October 20, 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Canada, Moleschi, win bronze medal at HSBC USA Sevens - Williams Lake News". Williams Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (25 June 2021). "Team Canada names women's and men's rugby teams for Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (25 June 2021). "Veteran trio to lead Canada's rugby 7s squads at the Tokyo Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "At least 185 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". 12 July 2021.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlWc8kg03g/
- ^ "Real Weddings: Inside a rustic Prince Edward County farm wedding". 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Rugby Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ Neil Davidson (August 8, 2016). "Rio 2016: Canada captures bronze medal after dumping Great Britain in women's rugby". Global News. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ "Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ "Canadian rugby 7s captain Ghislaine Landry scores 1,000th career point". CBC Sports. October 20, 2018. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
External links
- Ghislaine Landry at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Ghislaine Landry at Olympics.com
- Ghislaine Landry at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ghislaine Landry at Rugby Canada
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Canadian female rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Canada
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Female rugby sevens players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Lesbian sportswomen
- LGBT rugby union players
- LGBT sportspeople from Canada
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Canada international women's rugby sevens players