Olivia De Couvreur
De Couvreur at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | February 20, 2000|||||||||||||||||||
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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 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]
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Female rugby sevens 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 Ottawa
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Canadian rugby union biography stubs