FARELLA Bianca

Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: MONTREAL, QC

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
2	Women	2013	Moscow, RUS
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
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
5	Women	2018	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
2	Women	2018	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
6	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Science - Dawson College, Westmount, QC, CAN

Languages spoken:

English, French

Mick Byrne [national], AUS

Position style:

Back (stingers.ca, 18 Aug 2014)

Other sports:

She has represented Canada in rugby union [15-a-side] at junior level, and has played the sport for Town of Mount Royal RFC at provincial level in Canada. (csipacific.ca, Mar 2020; timescolonist.com, 16 Jan 2020)

2012 for Canada, in Las Vegas, NV, United States of America (rugby.ca, 2019)

She underwent shoulder surgery in September 2017, and returned to competitive action at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (battlefordsnow.com, 02 Apr 2018; thespec.com, 28 Nov 2017)

She began playing rugby union [15-a-side] at age 13 at school in Westmount, QC, Canada. (theconcordian.com, 23 Oct 2012; lapresse.ca, 17 Apr 2015)

"I enjoyed playing sports as a child, but I stuck with team sports because I love the atmosphere of playing alongside a teammate's strengths. It's a beautiful connection between people who come together for the love of the game." (canadasevens.com, 19 Jun 2015; theconcordian.com, 23 Oct 2012; csipacific.ca, Mar 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (csipacific.ca, Mar 2020)

Winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (csipacific.ca, Mar 2020)

She says the phrase 'pain is my friend' to herself before every match. (canadasevens.com, 19 Jun 2015)

Philosophy:

"Impress yourself." (csipacific.ca, Mar 2020)

She was named Canadian Sport Institute [CSI] Pacific Athlete of the Month for March 2020. (csipacific.ca, Mar 2020)

She was named Rugby Canada Young Player of the Year in 2013. (scrumqueens.com, 14 Apr 2013)

During her time at Concordia University, she was named 2012 Canadian Interuniversity Sport [CIS] Rookie of the Year and an All-Canadian. (concordia.ca, 01 Nov 2012)

General Interest

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has worked as an athlete ambassador for KidSport BC in Vancouver, BC, Canada, an organisation that provides financial assistance to children who want to play sport. In February 2019 she was appointed a member of the Rugby Canada Women's Players' Committee as a rugby sevens representative. (LinkedIn profile, 2020; rugby.ca, 13 Feb 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After graduating from Dawson College in 2011, she studied for a degree in neuroscience at Concordia University in Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2012. In 2016 she began studying for a degree in psychology at the University of Victoria in Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 2020)

Milestones

She was part of the team that won Canada's first Olympic women's rugby sevens medal, a bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (world.rugby, 08 Aug 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/bianca.farella
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/biancafarella8/
https://instagram.com/biancafarella/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancafarella
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bfarella/
https://twitter.com/bfarella

Legend

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

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