Charity Williams

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Charity Williams
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Born (1996-10-20) October 20, 1996 (age 29)
Toronto, Ontario
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2015–PresentFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 124 (350)
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympics
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Nanjing Team competition

Charity Williams (born October 20, 1996) is a Canadian rugby sevens player. [1]

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Career

Williams participated in gymnastics during her childhood and wanted to compete on the Olympic stage. [2] [3] She soon realized that her goal of going to the Olympics could not be achieved in gymnastics. [2] [3] In Grade 10 a friend introduced her to rugby, so she decided to attend practice and fell in love with her new-found sport. [2] [3]

In 2016, Williams was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team. [4]

Alongside teammates Pam Buisa and Caroline Crossley, Williams represents the national women's sevens team on the Rugby Canada Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Working Group which was established on July 17, 2020. [5]

In June 2021, Williams was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. [6] [7]

She was chosen for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [8] The team won a silver medal, coming from 0-12 behind to defeat Australia 21-12 in the semi-finals, [9] before losing the final to New Zealand. [10] [11]

Achievements and honours

References

  1. ↑ "Charity Williams". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. July 8, 2016. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Dymock, Alan (July 30, 2021). "Charity Williams: "Gymnastics wasn't going to take me to the Olympics"". Rugby World. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Charity Williams". www.thegistsports.com. March 18, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ 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 July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rugby Canada Establish Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) Working Group and Adopt Zero Tolerance Environment". Rugby Canada. July 17, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ Awad, Brandi (June 25, 2021). "Team Canada names women's and men's rugby teams for Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ Davidson, Neil (June 25, 2021). "Veteran trio to lead Canada's rugby 7s squads at the Tokyo Olympics". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Team Canada reveals women's rugby sevens squad for Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Team Canada shocks Australia, will go for gold in women's rugby sevens". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Canada wins silver in women's rugby sevens after narrowly losing to All Blacks in Olympic final". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Gutsy Team Canada earns silver in women's rugby sevens". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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