BENN Britt

Date of Birth: 23 Apr 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: BELLEVILLE, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VICTORIA, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Women CAN Canada	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool B #W02 CAN Canada 33 BRA Brazil 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool B #W07 CAN Canada 12 FIJ Fiji 26	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool B #W14 CAN Canada 0 FRA France 31	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Placing 9-12 #W19 CAN Canada 45 BRA Brazil 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Placing 9-10 #W28 CAN Canada 24 KEN Kenya 10	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2020
3	Women	2019
3	Women	2016/2017
4	Women	2018

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS
2	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
5	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN
5	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
2	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
4	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE
6	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA
3	Women	2018	Paris, FRA
3	Women	2017	Clermont-Ferrand, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN
2	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
11	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA
3	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Britt (Instagram profile, 27 Mar 2020)

Occupation:

Sociology - University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Mick Byrne [national], AUS

Other sports:

She has represented Canada in rugby union [15-a-side], and was part of the team that finished runners-up at the 2014 World Cup in France. She has also played the sport for Guelph Redcoats at provincial level in Canada. (greaternapaneenews.ca, 29 Mar 2014; napaneesportsassociation.com, 15 Mar 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Apr 2020; timescolonist.com, 16 Jan 2020)

2015 for Canada, in Atlanta, GA, United States of America (rugby.ca, 2019)

Injury forced her to miss the United States of America and Canada legs of the 2015/16 World Series in April 2016. (theglobeandmail.com, 07 Apr 2016, 13 Apr 2016)

She was unable to play at the 2013 World Cup in Moscow, Russian Federation, because of a broken hand. (rugbyroadtoworldcup.wordpress.com, 09 Sep 2014)

She began playing rugby at age 14 or 15 at the Napanee District Secondary School in Canada. She also played ice hockey for 18 years before fully committing to rugby. (greaternapaneenews.ca, 29 Mar 2014)

"I love that it's a tough, physical sport. And one of the things I enjoy the most is the team aspect. The team bond is sometimes challenging to describe because it's almost like a sisterhood." (greaternapaneenews.ca, 29 Mar 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thewhig.com, 21 Jun 2019)

She was named in the Dream Team at the 2020 Hamilton Sevens tournament. (americasrugbynews.com, 27 Jan 2020)

She was named in the Dream Team for the 2015/16, 2018/19 and 2019/20 World Series seasons. (gryphons.ca, 02 Jan 2020; world.rugby, 16 Sep 2020, 16 Jun 2019)

She was named in the Dream Team at the 2019 Biarritz Sevens tournament. (napaneebeaver.ca, 19 Jun 2019)

In 2019 she received the Impact Player award at the 2019 Langford Sevens tournament. (napaneebeaver.ca, 14 May 2019)

In 2013 she was named University of Guelph Female Athlete of the Year. (gryphons.ca, 21 Jan 2020)

In 2012 she was named as an Ontario University Athletics [OUA] All-Star, OUA Most Valuable Player, Pioneer OUA Athlete of the Year, Canadian Interuniversity Sport [CIS] Player of the Year, and a CIS All-Canadian. (olympic.ca, 01 Mar 2015)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She considered retiring from the sport after winning bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but decided to continue playing rugby with a view to competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Honestly, I thought that [Rio] was it [the end]. I was happy and ready to move onto a different career, a new chapter, new pathway. I guess I sat on the fence that summer quite a bit on whether to go back or not, but my heart was telling me I still had more [Olympic] fight in me. I guess the rest is history. I'm chasing another dream. To go to the Olympics once was obviously the ultimate dream. To do it twice is just a bonus now. Leading into these next Olympics [2020], I have more experience, and I'm hoping that will be beneficial to not only me but my team as well." (thewhig.com, 21 Jun 2019)

LIFE AFTER RUGBY
She has studied for a degree in sociology and completed firefighter training in 2017, but says she is uncertain what career path she will follow after rugby. "I've heard the transitional phase after [quitting elite sport] can be pretty challenging. I'll take some time off. Enjoy life without the pressure and stress for a bit, maybe discover what I want to do for a life career." (thewhig.com, 21 Jun 2019)

Milestones

She was part of the team that won Canada's first Olympic rugby sevens medal, a bronze, when the sport was introduced at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/britt.benn
https://instagram.com/brittbenn1/
Athlete Website: https://rugbyroadtoworldcup.wordpress.com

Legend

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

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos