Ghislaine Landry (born April 27, 1988) is a Canadian

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player. She won a gold medal at the

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as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. During the 2016-17 season, Landry succeeded

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as captain of the national sevens. On 20 October 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the women's sevens World Series. In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team, which won the bronze medal in a match against

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. In 2017, Landry moved into first place all-time in HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series scoring with 706 points. In June 2021, Landry was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. Landry attended

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. She came out as homosexual in 2006 and married her partner in 2018.

Achievements and honours

*2013, Canada, Sevens Silver medallist at Rugby World Cup Sevens. *2016, Canada, Sevens Bronze medallist at Rio Olympic Games. * 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team. * 2018, Canada, Sevens Captain of Canadian Rugby World Cup Sevens team.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Landry, Ghislaine 1988 births Living people Canadian female rugby union players Sportspeople from Toronto Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of Canada Canada international rugby sevens players Female rugby sevens players Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Lesbian sportswomen LGBT rugby union players Canadian LGBT sportspeople Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canada international women's rugby sevens players