| Date of birth | May 20, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florence Symonds (born May 20, 2002) is a Canadian rugby player.
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Florence Symonds (born May 20, 2002) is a Canadian rugby player.
Symonds competed for Canada at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [1] [2] They placed sixth overall after losing to Fiji in the fifth place final. [3] [4] On 8 July 2023, she made her test debut for Canada's fifteens team against New Zealand at Ottawa. [5] [6] Her side went down 52–21. [5] [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]
France women's national rugby sevens team represents France in the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently the 2023 European Champions; they were also champions in 2007 and 2015. France has competed in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics and were silver medalists at the 2020 Games.
Sarah Hirini is a New Zealand women's rugby union player. She has played fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, as a member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team and New Zealand women's national rugby union team. Hirini was captain of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and back-to-back gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. During her time with the team they won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2022–23 as well as the Sevens league title for the 2023-24 season. She was a member of the fifteen-a-side 2017 and 2021 Black Ferns Rugby World Cup winning squads.
Olivia DeMerchant is a Canadian rugby union player. She has represented Canada at the 2014, 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup's.
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Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and was a member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team and New Zealand women's national rugby union team. Woodman was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She retired from international sevens rugby after the Paris Olympics.
Sara Kaljuvee is a Canadian rugby sevens and fifteens player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and competed for Canada at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.
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Jazmin Felix-Hotham is a New Zealand rugby sevens player. She plays for the Black Ferns Sevens and represents Waikato provincially. Hotham was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Fancy Bermudez Chavez is a Canadian rugby union player. She competed for the Canadian sevens team at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and made her international debut for the fifteens team in 2023.
Piper Logan is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She was part of the Canada team which won silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2023 Pan American Games.
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Kaminieli Rasaku is a Fijian rugby sevens player. He won a silver medal with the Fiji sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He later won a gold medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.
Jack Hanratty is an Irish rugby union coach. He is the current head coach of the Ottawa Gee-Gees women's rugby team. He previously served as the head coach of the Canadian women's sevens team from 2022 to 2024.
