MOLESCHI Kayla

Date of Birth: 25 Oct 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.60/5'2''

Place of birth: WILLIAMS LAKE, BC

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
3	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
5	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
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
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

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	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

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Moley (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Maintenance Worker

Human Movement Studies - University of Lethbridge, Canada

Languages spoken:

Mick Byrne [national], AUS

Position style:

Back (vancouversun.com, 06 May 2016)

2011 for Canada Against Brazil, International Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (olympic.ca, 23 May 2015)

She began playing rugby at age 14 or 15 at Columneetza Secondary School in Williams Lake, BC, Canada. (olympic.ca, 23 May 2015)

She already played ice hockey and baseball at school, but wanted to try all the sports offered, especially rugby as she wanted to challenge herself. "I love the ruthlessness of the sport. I love the contact." (rugbybamberg.wordpress.com, 30 Apr 2013; theprovince.com, 06 May 2016)

Coaches Mauro Calabrese and Todd Pritchard. (rugbybamberg.wordpress.com, 30 Apr 2013)

Philosophy:

"Don't ever give up on anything. No matter how challenging, just remember you are capable of so much more than what you think you are and have so much left in the tank." (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

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

In 2011 she was named Canada West Rookie of the Year, and a Canadian Interuniversity Sport [CIS] All-Canadian. (olympic.ca, 23 May 2015; uleth.ca, 02 Nov 2011)

General Interest

General
BUSINESS OWNER
She owns and operates KM Yardworks, a yard maintenance and landscaping business based in Williams Lake, BC, Canada. The business was originally set up by her brother Curtis. "I love working outside and working with my hands. You see an instant result with what you do. It resembles a bit of my lifestyle in rugby. I work hard and I'm able to put forward maximum effort and I see results." (cfjctoday.com, 24 Jul 2019; olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

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

Legend

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

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