Olivia De Couvreur (born 20 February 2000) is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She won a gold medal at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

as a member of the

Canada women's national rugby sevens team The Canada women's national rugby sevens team was one of six "core teams" that competed in all four rounds of the inaugural World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13. Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after ...

. De Couvreur took up the game of rugby after watching the Canadian 7s win bronze 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 ...

, switching over from

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. Two years later she competed at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

where she won a bronze medal as part of the Canadian national team that competed at those games. In 2022, De Couvreur competed for Canada at the

Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...

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. They placed sixth overall after losing to

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in the fifth place final.

References

2000 births Living people Canada international rugby sevens players Canada international women's rugby sevens players Youth Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Ottawa Rugby union players from Ontario {{Canada-rugbyunion-bio-stub