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Kayla Moleschi

Date of birth	(1990-10-25) October 25, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Williams Lake, British Columbia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team Years Team Comps 2011-present Canada 7s
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team competition 2019 Lima Team competition World Cup 7s 2013 Russia Team competition

Kayla Moleschi (born October 25, 1990) is a Canadian rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. She is known as a core contributor with an explosive step.

Career

In 2016, Moleschi was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team and also named Rugby Canada 2016 Women's Sevens Player.

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

References

1. ^ "Kayla Moleschi". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
2. "Kayla Moleschi". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
3. ^ "Kayla Moleschi named Rugby Canada 2016 Women's Sevens Player - Williams Lake News". Williams Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.

External links

• Kayla Moleschi at BC Rugby
• Kayla Moleschi at Team Canada
• Kayla Moleschi at Olympedia (archive)
• Kayla Moleschi at Olympics.com
• Kayla Moleschi at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)

• 1990 births
• Living people
• Canadian female rugby union players
• Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
• Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic rugby sevens players for Canada
• Canada international rugby sevens players
• Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
• Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
• Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Canada international women's rugby sevens players
• Rugby union players from British Columbia
• 21st-century Canadian sportswomen