Shannon Parry
Date of birth | 27 October 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shannon Michelle Parry OAM (born 27 October 1989) is an Australian female rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Parry plays for Australia and was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place. She was in the squad to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens as defending champions.[7]
Parry was in Australia's 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[8] She was co-captain of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[9] In 2017 Parry was named Captain of the Female Australian 15 Player Squad.
References[]
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Sporting Sheilas (2 June 2013). "Shannon Parry Named in Rugby Sevens Squad to Defend World Cup Title". Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Sean (RUGBY15.CO.ZA) (16 June 2014). "Wallaroos Finalise IRB Women's Rugby World Cup Squad". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
External links[]
- Shannon Parry at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
- Shannon Parry at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Wallaroos Profile
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australia women's international rugby union players
- Australian female rugby union players
- Australian female rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Australian international rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- International player in 15-a-side and sevens rugby