PAQUIN Karen

Date of Birth: 3 Aug 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.72/5'7''

Place of birth: QUEBEC, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : QUEBEC, QC

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

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2020
3	Women	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

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

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

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

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

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

Pako (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

Occupation:

Chemical Engineering - Laval University, Quebec, QC, CAN

Husband Julien Canet

Languages spoken:

English, French

Mick Byrne [national], AUS

Other sports:

She has represented Canada in rugby union [15-a-side], and competed at the 2014 and 2017 World Cups, finishing runner-up at the 2014 edition. She has also played the sport for Castaway Wanderers at provincial level in Canada. (timescolonist.com, 10 May 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2020)

2012 for Canada (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

She tore the meniscus in her knee playing for the Canadian rugby union team [15-a-side] at the 2017 World Cup in Ireland. She underwent two surgeries and returned to competitive action at the 2019 Kitakyushu Sevens tournament in April of that year. (timescolonist.com, 10 May 2019)

She began playing rugby at age 14 in high school. (olympic.ca, 10 Jun 2015; lapresse.ca, 04 Mar 2016)

Her high school volleyball coach suggested she give the sport a try. (lapresse.ca, 04 Mar 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 29 Mar 2020)

Canadian freestyle skier Jean-Luc Brassard. (lapresse.ca, 04 Mar 2016)

Philosophy:

"We play better when we smile." (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

She was named in the Dream Team at the 2020 Sydney Sevens tournament. (americasrugbynews.com, 02 Feb 2020)

She was named Rugby Canada Women's Sevens Player of the Year for 2015. (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

She was named in the Dream Team for the 2014/15 World Series season. (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2016)

General Interest

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 she became an athlete ambassador for Sport Quebec's 'L'Esprit Sportif' [The Sports Spirit] programme. She travels around Quebec, Canada, speaking to school students and sports communities about the health benefits of sport. (Instagram profile, 29 Mar 2020; lesoleil.com, 20 Oct 2017)

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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