TRAINOR Conor

Date of Birth: 5 Dec 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: VANCOUVER, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Men CAN Canada	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M02 GBR Great Britain 24 CAN Canada 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M08 FIJ Fiji 28 CAN Canada 14	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M13 CAN Canada 36 JPN Japan 12	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #M21 NZL New Zealand 21 CAN Canada 10	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Placing 5-8 #M25 CAN Canada 14 USA United States 21	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Placing 7-8 #M29 CAN Canada 7 AUS Australia 26	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Men	2020

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2020	Vancouver, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2020	Las Vegas, NV, USA

C-Train (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2015)

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering - University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN

Partner Alyssa McKinney

Languages spoken:

Henry Paul [national], NZL

Position style:

Back (theprovince.com, 06 Sep 2019)

Other sports:

He has also competed in rugby union [15-a-side] at international level. He represented Canada at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, the 2015 edition in England and the 2011 edition in New Zealand. (thetelegram.com, 05 Mar 2020; bbc.co.uk, 02 Oct 2019, 01 Oct 2015, 02 Oct 2011)

2010 for Canada Against Argentina, in Wellington, New Zealand (Athlete, 26 Jul 2010)

In June 2017 he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in a test match against Romania. The injury required surgery and he was sidelined until 2018. (americasrugbynews.com, 22 Feb 2020; nationalpost.com, 20 Jun 2017; Twitter profile, 21 Jun 2017; meadowlakenow.com, 27 Jan 2018)

He began playing rugby in grade nine, and sevens in grade 12, at St. George's School in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (westernmustangs.ca, 26 Jul 2010; rugbycanada.ca, 04 Mar 2014)

"Growing up, I always refused to play rugby because I was a small kid and I didn't feel like being run into by guys twice my size. When I first played I realised there was no better feeling than making bigger guys miss tackles on me." (vancourier.com, 28 Sep 2011; westernmustangs.ca, 26 Jul 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thetelegram.com, 05 Mar 2020)

British sprinter Derek Redmond. (olympic.ca, 23 Feb 2014)

General Interest

General
RETURN TO SEVENS FOR TOKYO
In 2020 he terminated his contract with USON Nevers, his rugby union [15-a-side] club in France, so he could focus on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was concerned he would be unable to reach the higher level of fitness required for sevens, as he had not played sevens since Canada's failed attempt to qualify for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I think I always knew I wanted to come back to sevens. The goal was always the Olympics. After four years off, the guys are bigger, faster, quicker, and the defences have changed. In 15-a-side, it's very short spurts of high intensity. It's the same in sevens, but you're immediately back up running. You're hoping for a break but you're just continuously going. And if your body isn't ready for that, it's going to break down." (thetelegram.com, 05 Mar 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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