Karen Paquin
| Date of birth | August 3, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Quebec City, Quebec | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Loose Forward | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Club de Rugby de Québec | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Canada | |||
| Sevens national teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2012– | Canada | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's rugby union | ||
| World Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2014 France | |
| Women's rugby sevens | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
| Pan American Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2015 Toronto | Team |
Karen Paquin (born August 3, 1987) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1]
International play
She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3] She was a member of Canada's women's sevens team that were runners-up at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia.[4]
She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][5][6]
In 2016, Paquin was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[7]
Personal
She studied chemical engineering at Université Laval.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Karen Paquin". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ↑ Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Bryan Kelly (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com). Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Squad Lists With RWC Totals" (PDF). rwcsevens.com. 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Canada's rugby sevens teams take gold". The Canadian Press. July 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Karen Paquin". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ↑ MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Les étoiles du rugby universitaire féminin dévoilées". RSEQ. October 28, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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