Rugby player
Shekells during 2022 Dubai 7's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Worcester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jade Shekells (born 28 September 1996) is an English rugby union player who plays for Worcester Warriors and England Sevens.
Career
Shekells attended Hartpury College before going to Cardiff Met University, where she was called up to the England U20s. After returning to her midlands base, Shekells was the Worcester Warriors player of the season for 2020-21.
Shekells was called up by England sevens in the spring of 2022, ahead of the Rugby Europe Series in Budapest. She was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens. She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. She was also selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games. Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games where the team finished seventh.
References
- https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/jade-shekells
- "Jade Shekells, who played rugby for Worcester, keen to reach top in women's game". 17 November 2015.
- "Worcester Warriors | Jade Shekells named Players' Player of the Season".
- "Worcester Warriors | Shekells gets England Sevens call".
- "RFU". Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED". Englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- "European Games: Rugby sevens stars zero in on Paris 2024 prize". Team GB. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- "European Games 2023: 'Huge relief' as GB women's sevens team win gold to land Olympics spot". BBC Sport. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- Southcombe, Matt (19 June 2024). "Welsh speedster Jasmine Joyce makes history with Team GB Paris Olympics call-up". ITV.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- "Around the Games: Day Four of Paris 2024". Team GB. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
- Jade Shekells at Team GB
- Jade Shekells at Team England
- Jade Shekells at Olympics.com
- Jade Shekells at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Jade Shekells at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Jade Shekells on Instagram
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- England international women's rugby sevens players
- English female rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games
- European Games medalists in rugby sevens
- European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- Great Britain women's international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Worcester
- Black British sportswomen
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
- Alumni of Hartpury College
- Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
- 21st-century English sportswomen