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Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.[4]

Brittany Benn
Date of birth (1989-04-23) April 23, 1989 (age 33)
Place of birthNapanee, Ontario, Canada
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
  Guelph Redcoats ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Canada
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam competition
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam competition
Women's rugby union
World Cup
2014 FranceTeam competition

Career


Benn won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][5]

In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team that went on to win the bronze medal for Canada.[6]

In June 2021, Benn was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[7][8] She is openly lesbian.[9]


Honours and achievements



References


  1. "Britt Benn". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. Bryan Kelly (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. Alison Donnelly (September 2013). "Canada name touring squad". scrumqueens.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  5. "Brittany Benn". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. 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.
  7. Awad, Brandi (25 June 2021). "Team Canada names women's and men's rugby teams for Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. Davidson, Neil (25 June 2021). "Veteran trio to lead Canada's rugby 7s squads at the Tokyo Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  9. Outsports (2021-07-12). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  10. "Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  11. worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  12. "Awards and Recognition". Rugby Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-01.



На других языках

- [en] Brittany Benn

[ru] Бенн, Бриттани

Бриттани «Бритт» Бенн (англ. Brittany "Britt" Benn, родилась 23 апреля 1989 года) — канадская регбистка, центровая клуба «Гуэльф Редкотс» и женских сборных Канады по регби-15 и регби-7[1].


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