Hannah Darling (rugby union)

Hannah Darling

Date of birth	(1996-05-30) May 30, 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Peterborough, Ontario
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
International career Years Team Apps (Points) – Canada
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing   Canada Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team competition Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Team competition

Hannah Darling (born May 30, 1996) is a Canadian rugby union player and considered the national seven's team weapon at restarts. ^{[1] [2]}

Darling was introduced to rugby union at the age of 14 and made her sevens national debut at the 2014 Hong Kong Invitational Sevens. ^[2] She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. ^{[1] [3]} In 2016, Darling was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team. ^[4] In October 2018, she retired from the national sevens team. ^[2]

References

1. "Hannah Darling". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
2. "Rising star Hannah Darling retires from Canadian women's rugby 7s team | CBC Sports". CBC. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
3. "Hannah Darling". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
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 2016-07-09. Retrieved July 10, 2016.

External links

• Hannah Darling at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
• Hannah Darling at Team Canada
• Hannah Darling at Olympedia
• Hannah Darling at Olympics.com
• Hannah Darling at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)