Charity Williams
Appearance
Date of birth | October 20, 1996 |
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Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario |
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 6 8kg |
Medal record |
Charity Williams (born October 20, 1996) is a Canadian rugby sevens player.[1] In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[2]
Alongside teammates Pam Buisa and Caroline Crossley, Williams represents the national women's sevens team on the Rugby Canada Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Working Group which was established on July 17, 2020.[3]
In June 2021, Williams was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[4][5]
Achievements and honours
- 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team[6]
References
- ^ "Charity Williams". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "RUGBY CANADA ESTABLISH BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOUR (BIPOC) WORKING GROUP AND ADOPT ZERO TOLERANCE ENVIRONMENT". Rugby Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
External links
- Charity Williams at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Charity Williams at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
Kategorien:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Canadian female rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Canada
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Female rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics