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Christy Gunn (born 26 November 1985) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at their first World Cup in 2017. [1] [2] [3]
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Christy Gunn (born 26 November 1985) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at their first World Cup in 2017. [1] [2] [3]
Gunn captained Hong Kong at the 2015 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. [4] She was selected for the Hong Kong sevens team as they sought to secure a core team spot for the 2015–2016 Sevens Series. [5] In November, she was called up for the sevens team in the 2015 Women's Sevens Championships which was a qualification series for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [6]
Gunn was named in Hong Kong's training squad and then featured at the 2017 World Cup repechage tournament against Fiji and Japan. [7] [8] She and her husband, Stuart, married in 2017. [9]
In January 2018, Gunn was named as co-captain of the sevens team when they competed at the Fiji Coral Coast 7s. [10] She captained the sevens team as they competed at the 2018 Borneo Sevens in March as preparation for the Sevens Series Qualifier in April. [11] Gunn was named again as captain at the 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens which was a qualifier for the 2018–19 sevens series. [12]
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