Karen Paquin
Date of birth | August 3, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Quebec City, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Université Laval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karen Paquin (born August 3, 1987) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] Known for her power and speed, she is skilled at both the sevens and 15s version of the game.[2]
International play
She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[3][4] She was a member of Canada's women's sevens team that were runners-up at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.[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][7]
In 2016, Paquin was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[8]
Suffering a knee injury at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Paquin underwent surgeries and rehabilition for three years before returning to the pitch.[2] She made her first appearance back at the Kitakysushu Sevens in 2019 where Canada earned a gold medal.
Personal
She studied chemical engineering at Université Laval.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Karen Paquin". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Reed, Nigel (April 18, 2019). "Paquin wants to make emotional return to Canada 7s a winning one". CBC Sports.
- ^ Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Bryan Kelly (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "Squad Lists With RWC Totals" (PDF). rwcsevens.com. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ "Canada's rugby sevens teams take gold". The Canadian Press. July 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ "Karen Paquin". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 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 July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Les étoiles du rugby universitaire féminin dévoilées". RSEQ. October 28, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
External links
- Rugby Canada Player Profile [dead link]
- Karen Paquin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Karen Paquin at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Canadian female rugby union players
- 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
- Sportspeople from Quebec City
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Laval Rouge et Or athletes