Carmen Farmer (born December 4, 1980) is an American

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player and

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. In 2016, she was named to the

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for the

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Early life

Farmer grew up in

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. As a high school student, she played softball, volleyball, and basketball. Farmer attended the

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where she received a full scholarship for softball. She was the starting

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on the team from 2000 through 2003.

Career

After college, Farmer attended law school at the

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, graduating in 2006. She then worked as an attorney for the

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Eastern Shore Land Conservancy.

Rugby player

Farmer started playing rugby at age 31 after a friend from Australia recommended she try the sport. Farmer decided to try the sport for fun and found the closest rugby club to where she lived, located in

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. In 2012, she began playing 15 player rugby at Severn River in Maryland. The Severn River team reached the national championship game that year where a national team coach approached Farmer. Farmer played her first game for a United States national team in 2013. By 2014 Farmer was playing rugby sevens and had progressed enough to play for the United States in the World Cup. In April 2015 she moved to

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to train at the national training facility. Farmer was part of the U.S. team that secured a spot in the

at the 2015 NACRA Sevens Championships. In July 2016, Farmer was chosen for the U.S. Olympic team in

. At 6-foot-1, Farmer stands out as a player for her combination of size and speed.

References

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Carmen Farmer
at USA Rugby * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, Carmen 1980 births Living people American female rugby sevens players United States international rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for the United States Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Virginia Tech alumni Rugby union players from Virginia Virginia Tech Hokies softball players Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia University System of Maryland alumni American female rugby union players United States women's international rugby union players Barbarian F.C. Women players Rugby union locks American expatriate rugby union players in England 21st-century American sportswomen