Date of birth | December 7, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Bolton, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position(s) | Loose Forward | ||
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Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2007– | Canada | 35 | () |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Comps | |
2009 | Canada |
Medal record | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team | |
Pan American Games | ||
2015 Toronto | Team |
Kelly Russell (born December 7, 1986) is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. Kelly and her younger sister Laura were both named in the 2014 World Cup squad.
Russell has also featured in two Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009 and 2013.
She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games 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.