Faith Nathan (born 27 July 2000) is an Australian

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 has represented her country in rugby sevens at Olympic and Commonwealth Games and at the Rugby Sevens World Cup.

Career

Nathan was named in the Australia squad for the

Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 26 July to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Stadium. 24 teams (12 each for men and women) competed in the tournament. The dates were modified due to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 ga ...

. The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals. Nathan won a gold medal with the Australian sevens team at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

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. She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in

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, South Africa in September 2022. Against Madagascar during the tournament she became the first Australian woman to ever score five tries in one match at the rugby sevens World Cup.

References

2000 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australian female rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub