| Date of birth | May 30, 1996 | ||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Peterborough, Ontario | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||
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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
- ^ a b "Hannah Darling". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Hannah Darling". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ 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 Olympics.com
- Hannah Darling at Olympedia
This page was last edited on 3 March 2024, at 05:24