AITCHISON Holly

Date of Birth: 13 Sep 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: SOUTHPORT

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Women GBR Great Britain	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W05 ROC ROC 12 GBR Great Britain 14	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W11 NZL New Zealand 26 GBR Great Britain 21	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W17 GBR Great Britain 31 KEN Kenya 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #W23 USA United States 12 GBR Great Britain 21	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Semi-final #W31 GBR Great Britain 19 FRA France 26	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Bronze Medal Match #W33 FIJ Fiji 21 GBR Great Britain 12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2019
8	Women	2020
8	Women	2018
8	Women	2016/2017

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
9	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN
8	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
8	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2018	Paris, FRA
12	Women	2017	Clermont-Ferrand, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN
6	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA
9	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
10	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Occupation:

Business, Sport Management - Hartpury College, Gloucester, GBR

Languages spoken:

Scott Forrest [national], GBR

Sporting relatives:

Her father Ian represented England in rugby union [15-a-side] at U20 level and also played for the England A team [England's second national rugby union team]. He has also served as the director of rugby at Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club in England. (englandrugby.com, 06 Oct 2019)

Other sports:

She has represented England in rugby union [15-a-side] at U20 level. She has also played rugby union for Saracens in the Premier 15s in England, and for Liverpool St Helens and Lichfield at club level in England. (saracens.com, 08 Sep 2020; premier15s.com, 08 Sep 2020)

In 2019 she sustained an injury that forced her to miss five matches during the 2019/20 World Series. (englandrugby.com, 06 Oct 2019)

In 2016 she missed a three-match series with the England U20 rugby union [15-a-side] team due to injury. (rugbypass.com, 26 Jun 2019)

She began playing rugby at age five for boys' team Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club in Liverpool, England. She played rugby alongside other sports before deciding to focus on rugby union [15-a-side] in 2014 at Hartbury College in England. She switched to rugby sevens in 2016. (rugbyworld.com, 22 Sep 2016; saracens.com, 08 Sep 2020; rugbypass.com, 26 Jun 2019)

Her father played rugby and served as her first coach. He took her to Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club, where he was the director of rugby. "My father was massive. From a young age, I always knew I was going to be in and around rugby and I used to go down to Waterloo and just sit on the side of the pitch." (rugbyworld.com, 22 Sep 2016; rugbypass.com, 26 Jun 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (givemesport.com, 26 Mar 2021)

Her father. (rugbypass.com, 26 Jun 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
In 2020 she began an apprenticeship and took up a part-time job after the England rugby sevens team contracts were cut. "From a younger player's perspective, we are definitely a bit naive because we have never known anything other than being professional. There is also a massive point there that we don't know what it entails to train and to work. I was privileged that I was never anything but a professional and I am scared to not be professional." (telegraph.co.uk, 04 Aug 2020)

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Legend

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

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