Claire Allan (born 7 May 1985) is an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She was a member of the squad to the

2014 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on 17 August. All of the pool games for the World Cup took place at the Centre National du R ...

. She played at both the

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

and

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...

. She represented Team GB at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. Allan was educated at

Orleans Park School Orleans Park School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Twickenham area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. It is situated 10 miles south-west of central London. Performance As with other s ...

, Twickenham, and earned a BTEC in Sport and Exercise at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

. Allan is a police officer.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Claire 1985 births Living people England women's international rugby union players English female rugby union players Female rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain Great Britain national rugby sevens team players Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England People educated at Orleans Park School Alumni of Loughborough University Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games England international women's rugby sevens players Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games