Hannah Darling (rugby union)

Hannah Darling
Date of birth (1996-05-30) May 30, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birthPeterborough, Ontario
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
– Canada
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team competition
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing Team competition

Hannah Darling (born May 30, 1996) is a Canadian rugby union player and considered the national seven's team weapon at restarts.[1][2]

Darling was introduced to rugby union at the age of 14 and made her sevens national debut at the 2014 Hong Kong Invitational Sevens.[2] She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][3] In 2016, Darling was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[4] In October 2018, she retired from the national sevens team.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hannah Darling". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Rising star Hannah Darling retires from Canadian women's rugby 7s team | CBC Sports". CBC. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  3. ^ "Hannah Darling". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  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.