PARRY Shannon

Date of Birth: 27 Oct 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Female

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

Place of birth: BRISBANE, QLD

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : BRISBANE, QLD

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Women AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool C #W04 AUS Australia 48 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool C #W09 AUS Australia 26 CHN China 10	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool C #W16 AUS Australia 12 USA United States 14	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #W22 FIJ Fiji 14 AUS Australia 12	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Placing 5-8 #W25 ROC ROC 7 AUS Australia 35	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Placing 5-6 #W32 AUS Australia 17 USA United States 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

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

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA
5	Women	2013	Moscow, RUS

World Rugby Sevens Series

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

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
4	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	Langford, BC, CAN
3	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

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

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

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

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN
3	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
2	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA
5	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA

Shanno (rugby.com.au, 30 Jan 2020)

Surfing. (Facebook page, 22 Mar 2020)

Occupation:

Teaching - Griffith University, Australia

Languages spoken:

University of Sydney [Australia]

John Manenti [national], AUS

Position style:

Forward (rugby.com.au, 30 Jan 2020)

Other sports:

She has also competed for Australia in rugby union [15-a-side], including at the World Cup in 2014 and 2017 where she captained the side. (rugby.com.au, 01 Sep 2019)

2011 for Australia (redsrugby.com.au, 15 Mar 2016)

An elbow injury ended her 2017 season early. (rugby.com.au, 01 Sep 2019)

She took up rugby at age 18. (athletesvoice.com.au, 03 Feb 2019)

She had played tennis and hockey at a young age, but was invited to play rugby after picking up her brother from a training session at Easts Rugby Club in Coorparoo, QLD, Australia. "It was the first time my eyes were opened to the possibility of playing rugby." (redsrugby.com.au, 15 Mar 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sel.com.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (thewomensgame.com, 17 Sep 2018)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (gc2018.com, 06 Oct 2017)

Her parents. (gc2018.com, 06 Oct 2017)

She received the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] for service to sport in the 2017 Australia Day Honours list after winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (world.rugby, 01 Feb 2020; LinkedIn profile, 15 Apr 2018)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She has worked as a physical education teacher at secondary schools in Australia. "As the rugby commitments increased, I scaled back from full to part-time work. And when [Australian] women's rugby went professional in 2014, that was pretty much it." (rugby.com.au, 26 Apr 2016; LinkedIn profile, 15 Apr 2018; athletesvoice.com.au, 03 Feb 2019)

HERITAGE
She was born in Australia to a mother from the United States of America and a New Zealand father. (redsrugby.com.au, 13 Apr 2016; rugby.com.au, 01 Sep 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served on the Rugby Union Players' Association [RUAP] board of directors. (rugby.com.au, 25 Jun 2014; redsrugby.com.au, 13 Mar 2016)

Milestones

She was part of the Australian team that won the first Olympic women's rugby sevens gold medal when the sport was introduced at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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