Brittany Benn

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Brittany Benn
Date of birth (1989-04-23) April 23, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birthNapanee, Ontario
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Guelph Redcoats ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Canada

Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team

Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.[4]

Benn won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][5]

In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team that went on to win the bronze medal for Canada.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Britt Benn". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Alison Donnelly (September 2013). "Canada name touring squad". scrumqueens.com. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Brittany Benn". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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