HAMMOND Lucas

Canada

Rugby Sevens

Date of Birth: 14 Nov 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.83/6'0''

Place of birth: CAPE TOWN

Birth Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Men CAN Canada	8

Schedule

Change

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

Athlete:

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2013	Moscow, RUS
12	Men	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year
8	Men	2020
8	Men	2016/2017
9	Men	2018
11	Men	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
13	Men	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
13	Men	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2020	Vancouver, BC, CAN
7	Men	2017	Vancouver, BC, CAN
14	Men	2018	Vancouver, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2018	Dubai, UAE
11	Men	2017	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - England

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2017	London, GBR
7	Men	2018	London, GBR

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2018	Paris, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Hong Kong

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2017	Hong Kong, CHN

World Rugby Sevens Series - New Zealand

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2017	Wellington, NZL
5	Men	2020	Hamilton, NZL

World Rugby Sevens Series - Singapore

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	Singapore, SIN
10	Men	2018	Singapore, SIN

World Rugby Sevens Series - South Africa

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2017	Cape Town, RSA

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA
10	Men	2020	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Nickname:

Hammer (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2015)

Education:

Business, Commerce - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, CAN

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Henry Paul [national], NZL

Position style:

Back (cbc.ca, 08 Mar 2020)

Injuries:

In early 2020 he was struggling with a foot injury. He returned to competition at the 2020 Hamilton Sevens tournament in New Zealand. (airdrietoday.com, 17 Jan 2020)

In April 2013 he suffered a hamstring injury. (nacrugby.com, 12 Apr 2013)

Start:

He took up rugby at age seven in South Africa. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2015)

Reason:

"I love everything about sevens." (theprovince.com, 18 Jan 2017)

Award:

In 2013 he was named Young Player of the Year by Rugby Canada. (bcrugby.com, 13 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
FUTURE PLANS
He is a qualified firefighter, having completed training at the Training Division Fire Academy in Crowley, TX, United States of America in 2017. He says he was influenced by his Canadian national teammates Connor Braid and John Moonlight to plan for a future career. "Being older, I think you have a little more maturity, you see the need to put time aside. I was aware of that looking at the other guys." (theprovince.com, 18 Jan 2017; LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2017)

FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO CANADA
Born in Cape Town, he grew up in South Africa with his parents, who are both Canadian. The family moved back to Canada in 2005 when he was age 12. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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