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Jen Kish
Date of birth (1988-07-07) July 7, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthOttawa, Ontario
Height172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
WeightTemplate:Unit weight
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
12 Canada

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

Jennifer "Jen" Kish (born July 7, 1988) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She is a member of Canada's women's sevens team that were runners-up at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.[2] Captain of the sevens squad, since 2012, she is known for her aerial skills and defence. She started rugby in Grade 10 at W. P. Wagner High School in Edmonton.

Kish won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][3]

In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team, which won the Bronze Medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jennifer Kish". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Squad Lists With RWC Totals" (PDF). rwcsevens.com. 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Jen Kish". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  4. ^ 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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