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Kaili Lukan

Date of birth	(1994-02-20) February 20, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Willemstad, Curaçao
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
University	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, wing National sevens team Years Team Comps 2017-present Canada
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team competition

Kaili Lukan is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She made her debut with the senior national team in June 2017 during the Clermont-Ferrand, France leg of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games as a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team. Lukan was named to the HSBC Sydney Series, Dream Team in February, 2020. Lukan is known for her athleticism, speed and ball handling. She is a crossover athlete who played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (known for sporting purposes as Green Bay) from 2012 to 2016 prior to joining Canada's national rugby sevens team. Lukan scored 1,028 points and won various conference honors over her Green Bay basketball career, including 2016 Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year. Her older sister Megan Lukan also played basketball at Green Bay and was a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team that won a bronze medal during the 2016 Rio Olympics. She was born in Willemstad, Curaçao but spent her early years in Barrie, Ontario. Lukan has four siblings beside her sister Megan, including two other sisters and two brothers. She is openly lesbian.

Career

In June 2021, Lukan was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.

Green Bay statistics

Source

References

1. ^ "Kaili Lukan profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
2. "Kaili Lukan". Rugby Canada. Archived from the original on 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
3. "Canadian women defend Pan Am rugby 7s gold with win over United States". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. July 28, 2019.
4. "Two Canadians make Sydney Women's Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
5. Neil Davidson (January 27, 2017). "Sisters switch from basketball to rugby, aim to reunite on national team". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
6. "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Green Bay Phoenix.
7. Outsports (2021-07-12). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

• 1994 births
• Living people
• Canada international rugby sevens players
• Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball players
• Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
• Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
• Sportspeople from Barrie
• Sportspeople from Willemstad
• Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic rugby sevens players for Canada
• Canadian lesbian sportswomen
• Canada international women's rugby sevens players
• 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
• 21st-century Canadian sportswomen