Elissa Alarie (born 31 January 1986) is a Canadian

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 represented at the

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Rugby career

Sevens career

In 2013, she was included in the Canada's sevens teams to the

2013 Hong Kong Sevens The 2013 Hong Kong Sevens was the 38th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the sixth tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. It was hosted by its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium. Fiji won the title by defeating Wales 26–19 in th ...

and 2013 China Women's Sevens. The latter was the third leg of

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. In 2016, she was also chosen for Canada's first women's rugby sevens Olympic Team. In June 2021, Alarie was selected for Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. She is openly lesbian.

Rugby Fifteens career

Alarie was named in

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's squad to the

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References

1986 births Living people Canadian female rugby union players Canada women's international rugby union players Female rugby sevens players Sportspeople from Trois-Rivières Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of Canada Canada international women's rugby sevens players {{Canada-rugbyunion-bio-stub Canadian LGBT sportspeople