Ghislaine Landry
Date of birth | (1988-04-27) April 27, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | St. Francis Xavier University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ghislaine Landry (born April 27, 1988) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][2] As of the 2016-17 season, Landry succeeded Jen Kish as captain of the national sevens. On 20 October 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the women’s sevens World Series.
In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team,[3] which won the bronze medal in a match against Great Britain. In 2017, Landry moved into first place all-time in HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series scoring with 706 points.[4]
Landry attended Saint Francis Xavier University.
References
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^ "Ghislaine Landry". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. 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 2016-07-09. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
^ "Canada, Moleschi, win bronze medal at HSBC USA Sevens - Williams Lake News". Williams Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
External links
Ghislaine Landry at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Ghislaine Landry at the International Olympic Committee
Ghislaine Landry at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
Ghislaine Landry at Rugby Canada