Demi Hayes

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Demi Hayes
Date of birth (1998-05-25) May 25, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Mount Isa, Qld, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2016-PresentFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Rugby Sevens World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cape Town Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition

Demi Hayes (born 25 May 1998) is an Australian rugby sevens player.

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Career

Hayes also plays touch rugby. She competed at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games and won gold. [1] She made her debut for Australia at the 2016 Canada Women's Sevens against Brazil. [2]

Hayes was named in the Australian squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals. [4]

Hayes won a gold medal with the Australian sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [5] [6] [7] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. [8] [9]

Personal life

Her partner Simon Kennewell has also played rugby sevens for Australia. [10]

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References

  1. "Demi Hayes | Rugby sevens star on her bush upbringing – PlayersVoice". Sports Stories. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. Guinness, Rupert (28 July 2021). "THE GOLDEN THREADS: The Journey of Demi Hayes to an Olympic Debut". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. Williamson, Nathan (2 July 2021). "Australia announces Olympic Sevens squads". RUGBY.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. Williamson, Nathan. "Sevens squad confirmed for Commonwealth Games". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. Williamson, Nathan (31 July 2022). "Australia claim Commonwealth Games gold". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. "Australia women win Sevens World Cup". Rugby World. 11 September 2022.
  9. "GAME BY GAME: Australia Women claim Sevens World Cup, Men finish fourth". Rugby.com.au. 11 September 2022.
  10. "HAYES Demi". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.