Kelly Russell
| Date of birth | December 7, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bolton, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
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2015 Toronto | Team |
Kelly Russell (born December 7, 1986) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] Kelly and her younger sister Laura were both named in the 2014 World Cup squad.[4]
Russell has also featured in two Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009 and 2013.[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]
In 2016, Russell was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[7] The team won bronze.
References
- ^ a b "Kelly Russell". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ Ben Kerr, lastwordonsports.com (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Bryan Kelly, Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com) (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ TSN.ca (The Canadian Press) (June 30, 2014). "Ontario's Russell To Lead Canada At Women's Rugby World Cup". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Ciara Maynard, Western Mustangs.ca (August 1, 2014). "Former Mustang Kelly Russell captains Team Canada at Rugby World Cup". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "Kelly Russell". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. 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. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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