Kelly Russell (born December 7, 1986) was a Canadian

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player, and is a coach for the sport. She captained at the

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and was named to the Dream Team.

International career

Russell has also featured in two

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in 2009 and

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. Kelly and her younger sister Laura were both named in the

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squad. She won a gold medal at the

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as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. In 2016, Russell was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team. The team won bronze.

References

External links

Rugby Canada Player Profile
* 1986 births Living people Canadian female rugby union players 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 Canada women's international rugby union 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 Canada international women's rugby sevens players {{Canada-rugbyunion-bio-stub