Olivia De Couvreur
_(cropped).JPG) De Couvreur at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 20, 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Olivia De Couvreur (born 20 February 2000) is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games as a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.[1][3]
De Couvreur took up the game of rugby after watching the Canadian 7s win bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, switching over from soccer.[2] Two years later she competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics where she won a bronze medal as part of the Canadian national team that competed at those games.[2]
In 2022, De Couvreur competed for Canada at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[4][5] They placed sixth overall after losing to Fiji in the fifth place final. [6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Olivia De Couvreur profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ a b c Martin Cleary (October 16, 2018). "Cleary: Olivia De Couvreur finds success in rugby". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ Justin Piercy (July 28, 2019). "Canada's rugby 7s teams take gold, silver at Pan Am Games". CBC Sports.
- ^ "2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ^ "Canada's Senior Women's and Men's Sevens rosters named for Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town". Rugby Canada. 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "Canada women finish 6th at Rugby World Cup Sevens after lopsided loss to Fiji". Terrace Standard. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ "Canadian women finish 6th at 7s World Cup following 53-0 drubbing at hands of Fiji". CBC.ca. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
External links
[edit]- Olivia De Couvreur at Rugby Canada
- Olivia De Couvreur at Team Canada
- Olivia De Couvreur at Olympedia
- Olivia De Couvreur at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Olivia De Couvreur at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
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- 2000 births
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- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Canada international women's rugby sevens players
- Youth Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Rugby union players from Ontario
- Canadian rugby union biography stubs