Brittany Benn

Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.[4]

Brittany Benn

Date of birth	April 23, 1989
Place of birth	Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points)   Guelph Redcoats () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2013– Canada
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's rugby sevens Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team competition Women's rugby union World Cup 2014 France Team competition

Benn won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][5]

In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team that went on to win the bronze medal for Canada.[6]

Honours and achievements

• 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team[7]
• 2019, Canada Sevens Langford performance tracker player of the round[8]

References

1. "Britt Benn". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
2. Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
3. Bryan Kelly (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
4. Alison Donnelly (September 2013). "Canada name touring squad". scrumqueens.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
5. "Brittany Benn". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
6. 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.
7. "Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
8. worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-05-13.

External links

• Brittany Benn at the International Olympic Committee
• Britt Benn at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Britt Benn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)