Rugby playerBrittany Benn Date of birth (1989-04-23) April 23, 1989 (age 35) Place of birth Napanee, Ontario , CanadaHeight 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Rugby union career Position(s)
Centre Senior career Years
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Apps
(Points)
Guelph Redcoats
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Team
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(Points) 2013–
Canada
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Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup . She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.
Career
Benn won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.
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.
In June 2021, Benn was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team . She is openly lesbian.
Honours and achievements
2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team
2019, Canada Sevens Langford performance tracker player of the round
2019, Rugby Canada Player of the Year (7s) References
^ "Britt Benn" . Olympic.ca . Canadian Olympic Committee . 9 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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.
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.
Alison Donnelly (September 2013). "Canada name touring squad" . scrumqueens.com . Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
"Brittany Benn" . Toronto2015.org . 2015 Pan American Games . Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. 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.
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.
Davidson, Neil (25 June 2021). "Veteran trio to lead Canada's rugby 7s squads at the Tokyo Olympics" . Canadian Press
Outsports (2021-07-12). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far" . Outsports . Retrieved 2021-08-02.
"Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team" . Americas Rugby News . 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-13.worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series" . www.world.rugby . Retrieved 2019-05-13.
"Awards and Recognition" . Rugby Canada . Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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