Hannah Darling

Hannah Darling (born May 30, 1996) is a Canadian rugby union player and considered the national seven's team weapon at restarts.[1][2]

Hannah Darling
Date of birth (1996-05-30) May 30, 1996
Place of birthPeterborough, Ontario
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
– Canada
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam competition
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam competition
Youth Olympic Games
2014 NanjingTeam competition

Darling was introduced to rugby union at the age of 14 and made her sevens national debut at the 2014 Hong Kong Invitational Sevens.[2] She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][3] In 2016, Darling was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[4] In October 2018, she retired from the national sevens team.[2]

References
  1. "Hannah Darling". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. "Rising star Hannah Darling retires from Canadian women's rugby 7s team | CBC Sports". CBC. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  3. "Hannah Darling". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  4. MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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