Olivia Apps

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Olivia Apps
Date of birth (1998-12-01) December 1, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
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National sevens team(s)
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Medal record
Women's Rugby sevens
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Olivia Apps (born December 1, 1998) is a Canadian rugby union and sevens player. [1]

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Career

Apps was part of Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team that finished in fourth place. [1]

In June 2021, Apps was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team as an alternate. [2] [3] In September 2021, following the Olympics, she was named Captain of the Canada Women's Sevens national rugby team. [4]

Apps competed for Canada at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [5] [6] They placed sixth overall after losing to Fiji in the fifth place final. [7] [8]

On 8 July 2023, she made her test debut for Canada's fifteens team against New Zealand at Ottawa. [9] [10] Her side went down 52–21. [9] [11] On August 23, 2023, she captained the Canadian Women 7s in the Starlight Stadium tournament when they qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [12]

Personal life

Apps is the daughter of Alfred Apps and Danielle French. At seven years old, she was diagnosed with alopecia universalis. She began competitive rugby at age 15. [1]

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