Ghislaine Landry

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Ghislaine Landry
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Landry with Canada at the 2016 Olympic Games
Date of birth (1988-04-27) April 27, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
University St Francis Xavier University
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– Xavier X-Women ()
– Toronto Scottish ()
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2011–present Canada
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team competition
World Cup 7s
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Russia Team competition

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] During the 2016–17 season, Landry succeeded Jen Kish as captain of the national sevens. On October 20, 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the women's sevens World Series. [3]

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In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team, [4] 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. [5] In June 2021, Landry was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. [6] [7]

By the time Landry retired in November 2021 she had scored a total of 1,356 career points in the women sevens series. This made her highest women points scorer in the history of the sevens series until in March 2024 her score was over taken by Tyla Nathan-Wong. [8] Her points were obtained from 143 tries and 319 conversions over 208 games. [8]

Landry attended Saint Francis Xavier University.

She came out as homosexual in 2006 and married her partner in 2018. [9] [10] [11]

Achievements and honours

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ghislaine Landry". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Canadian rugby 7s captain Ghislaine Landry scores 1,000th career point". CBC Sports . October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  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. ↑ "Canada, Moleschi, win bronze medal at HSBC USA Sevens - Williams Lake News". Williams Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  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. 1 2 "Canadian captain Ghislaine Landry retires from rugby 7s after decorated career". CBC. November 19, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "At least 185 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". July 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ghislaine Landry on Instagram: "In 1999, I was 11, the Canadian Supreme Court voted in favour of preserving the definition of "marriage" as the union of a man and a woman. In 2005, I was 17, same-sex couples were given the legal right to marry in Canada. In 2006, I was 18, I came out. In 2018, I was 30, I married my love. Happy Pride!! 🌈"".
  11. ↑ "Real Weddings: Inside a rustic Prince Edward County farm wedding". March 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Rugby Canada. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  13. ↑ Neil Davidson (August 8, 2016). "Rio 2016: Canada captures bronze medal after dumping Great Britain in women's rugby". Global News . Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Canadian rugby 7s captain Ghislaine Landry scores 1,000th career point". CBC Sports . October 20, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
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