Jillion Potter
| Date of birth | June 5, 1986 | ||||
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| Place of birth | Austin, Texas, United States | ||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
| Weight | Template:Unit weight | ||||
| University | University of New Mexico | ||||
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Jillion Potter (born July 5, 1986) is an American rugby union player. She is the captain of the 2016 USA Olympic women's rugby sevens team.
Childhood
Jillion Potter was born as Jillian Paige Potter in Austin, Texas to parents Scott Potter and Vikki Vranich. She has a twin brother Paul Thomas Potter and older sister Molly Potter Grosskopf.[1]
College career
She began her rugby career at the University of New Mexico.
Professional career
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Personal life
She met her wife Carol Fabrizio in 2011, through rugby.[1] She loves flossing her teeth and has her wife carry dental floss with her everywhere.[2] Potter was diagnosed with stage 3 Synovial Sarcoma cancer in 2014 and has since recovered.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b "Jillion Potter". TeamUSA. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ^ "Thanks to her wife, Jillion Potter can stop thinking about her teeth". 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ^ "Jillion Potter: An inspiration on and off the field". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ^ CNN, Chris Borg, Dan Tham and Andy Stewart (20 July 2016). "Jillion Potter: U.S. rugby's great survivor". CNN. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Meyer, John (7 August 2016). "Surviving a broken neck and cancer, Jillion Potter becomes an Olympian and part of history". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
External links
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