rugby sevens women - 12 athletes

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Nicole Beck

Athlete Biography

Nicole Beck is set compete at her maiden Games when the sport of rugby sevens makes its Olympic

debut at Rio 2016.

The former Australian touch football representative was part of the squad that won the inaugural

Women's Sevens World Cup in Dubai in 2009, making her World Series debut in Guangzhou ve

years later.

Beck helped Australia secure third place at the 2010 Womens Rugby World Cup which led to her

nomination for the 2010 Women's Personality of the Year.

In 2011, the utility from Bulli near Wollongong on the NSW South Coast, took a couple of years o

due to injury and the birth of her daughter Sophie. She returned to the sport in 2014 and her

daughter can often be seen running around with a football at training sessions at the Sydney

Academy of Sport.

Beck was the Australian ag bearer at the 2015 Pacic Games in Papua New Guinea and captained

the national side to silver at the tournament. She was a valued member of the 2015-16 World

Series which saw Australia claim a historic rst title.

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Event/s Rugby Sevens Women Age 28

Born Bulli, NSW, Australia Lives Bulli, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information

Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut

Recent Performances

2nd - 2015-16 Sevens World Series France Sevens (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

3rd - 2015-16 Sevens World Series Langford Sevens (Langford, Canada)

1st - 2015-16 Sevens World Series Atlanta Sevens (Atlanta, USA)

1st - 2015-16 Sevens World Series Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

1st - 2015-16 Sevens World Series Dubai Sevens (Dubai, UAE)

Career Highlights

Winning the World Series title in 2016.

Winning the Sevens World Cup in 2009.

Competing at my rst tournament back after having a baby.

Education

Primary Bulli Public School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Bulli High School (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of a education (Physical and Health Education) - Charles Sturt University

Training

Coach Tim Walsh (2014 - current)

Primary Training Base Narrabeen, NSW Australia

Q&A

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Favourite food Mexican food

Favourite music Rock and some heavy metal

Star Sign Gemini

I would spend my last $10 on My daughter

Tattoos/Piercings Ears pierced. Tattoo on my left ankle, kangaroo to represent representing

Australia.

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman, 2000 Sydney Olympics

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Charlotte Caslick

Athlete Biography

A national 800m champion when she was in primary school, Charlotte Caslick represented Touch

Football Australia at both age-grade and open levels before she made the move to rugby sevens

during high school.

The scrum-half from Corinda, just outside of Brisbane, made her international debut in 2013. Her

debut year saw the 18-year-old win gold at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and be selected in

the 2013 Australian World Cup Team that competed in Russia.

Since then the back has been a regular in the Aussie team and was named in the Rugby World

Series Dream Team in 2014 and 2015 in both years she was also nominated for the World Sevens

Player of the Year.

The 21-year-old was one of the sides most inuential players as they won the 2015-16 World

Sevens Series. Caslick played in 22 games throughout the six tournament series and scored nine

tries.

Caslick is heading to Rio with her partner Lewis Holland who is a member of the mens rugby sevens

team as the sport makes its Olympic debut.


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Event/s Rugby Sevens Women Nickname Charlie

Height 172 Weight 65

Age 21 Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Lives Corinda, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information


Youth Olympic festival 2013

Recent Performances





Career Highlights

Winning the World Series title for the rst time in 2016.

Being nominated two years in a row for World Rugby Player of the Year

Being selected for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as Sevens makes its debut.

Education

Primary Sherwood State school (QLD, Australia)

Secondary Brisbane State High School (QLD, Australia)

Training


Club Wests Bulldogs

Primary Training Base Narrabeen, Sydney




Q&A

Favourite food Mexican

Favourite music Country

Personal Motto Control the Controllable

Star Sign Pisces

I would spend my last $10 on food

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Hockey

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman at Sydney 2000

First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman at Sydney 2000

Most Inuential person in your career/life Mum and Dad Why this sport? Because its in the olympics

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Emilee Cherry

Athlete Biography

One of the superstars of the womens game, Emilee Cherry will be crucial to Australias chances of

climbing to the top of the podium in Rio.

Cherry started out in touch football and was playing for the national side when she was

approached to make the switch to rugby sevens.

Soon after she made her international sevens debut in late 2012 and after consistent improvement

she proved herself as one of the worlds best in the 2013/14 World Series. She scored the most

tried (33) and most points (195) in the competition and was deservedly named the 2014 World

Sevens Player of the Year.

She nished second in the competition in tries (19) and points (134) for the 2015/16 season, as she

helped lead the Australian side to their rst World Series triumph. Cherry played in all ve

tournaments as the Australian side nished with three wins, a second and a third to convincingly

win the title and head into Rio as the team to beat.


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Born Roma, QLD, Australia Lives Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances






Career Highlights

Winning the 2015/16 World Series.

Winning World Rugby Women's 7s player of the year for the 2013/2014 season.

Qualifying and being selected for the Rio 2016 Games.

Education

Primary St John's Catholic School, Roma, (QLD, Australia)

Secondary Fairholme College, Toowoomba (QLD Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education - University of Queensland, 2011-

current

Training

Coach Tim Walsh (2013- current)

Primary Training Base Sydney, Australia

Q&A



Superstition/s Hi-ve Alicia Quirk and Charlotte Caslick in the tunnel before a game. I never wash

my socks during the tournament (if we are winning)

Favourite food Seafood and cereal

Favourite holiday destination Roma (home)

Favourite music Country

Personal Motto I never said it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

Star Sign Scorpio

I would spend my last $10 on Food - seafood or chicken nuggets

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Modern Pentathlon

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Darren Thrupp (paralympics)

First Olympic Memory? My parents going to watch the 2000 Sydney Olympics

Most Inuential person in your career/life My mum and brother. Also John Sessarago, Evan Willis

and Peter Bell.

Why this sport? It's a challenge!

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Chloe Dalton

Athlete Biography

Chloe Dalton was a budding basketball player and, having played for the Sydney Flames, dreamt of

representing her country at the Olympic Games. A few years down the track and that dream is

coming true, just in a dierent sport then she had originally thought.

The Singapore-born athlete joined the Australian side midway through 2014 and made her World

Series debut later that year in Dubai.

Her try-scoring nesse and accurate conversions secured her a permanent spot in the squad and

she was oered a full-time contract at the end of 2014.

The forward, who played 12 games over two tournaments in 2015 with a broken arm, helped

Australia take out the nations rst ever World Sevens Series title in Clermont-Ferrand in May 2016.

Dalton is studying a Bachelor of Applied Science majoring in Physiotherapy at the University of

Sydney.


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Born Singapore, Singapore Lives Mona Vale, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances





Career Highlights

Being apart of the rst Australian team to win the World Series title.

Qualifying and being a part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Team.

Champions of London 7s at Twickenham Stadium in the 2015 Women's Sevens World Series.

Education

Primary Oxford Falls Grammar School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Pymble Ladies' College (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Applied Science [Physiotherapy] - University of Sydney (2012 -

Training

Coach TIm Walsh (2014 - current)

Institute/Academy Sydney Academy of Sport


Q&A



Favourite food Jalapeno poppers

Favourite holiday destination White sand and clear water

Favourite music Mansionair

Dream car Range Rover

I would spend my last $10 on Something delicious.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Rhythmic gymnastics

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Anna Meares Silver Medal in Beijing 2008 after fracturing

her neck 7 months earlier.

First Olympic Memory? Starting the 'Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi' chant in the Athletics arena at

Sydney 2000.

Most Inuential person in your career/life My mum.

Why this sport? Some would say I'm biased, but tough to nd a sport more thrilling than rugby 7s -

to play or watch.

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Gemma Etheridge

Athlete Biography

Country girl Gemma Etheridge is set to compete at her maiden Games at Rio when the sport of

rugby sevens makes its Olympic debut.

Etheridge, who is equally at home as a forward or back, made her Australian debut in 2012 in

Dubai. Her Olympic dreams looked to be in jeopardy in early 2016 after she ruptured her anterior

cruciate ligament for the third time. Her knee injury saw her sidelined for the history making World

Series nal in France.

However she recovered in time to secure her spot on the Australian Team and with 42 Rugby

Sevens World Series matches under her belt will be looking to bring home gold from Rio.

A love of rugby sevens runs in the Etheridge family, with Gemmas sister Nikki also having

represented Australia in the sport.

Etheridge has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Imaging and is a qualied Radiographer

who grew up on a farm in Tamworth, NSW but calls Toowoomba home. She loves nothing more

than a good coee and reading the newspaper and still spends a lot of weekends doing cattle

work. Away from the rugby eld, her sporting idol is Rafael Nadal.


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Born Armidale, NSW, Australia Lives Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances



Career Highlights

Being selected to be a part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Winning the 2015 IRB London Sevens at Twickenham in May 2015

Education

Primary Coolah Central School Nsw, Australia

Secondary Fairholme College, Queensland, Australia

Tertiary Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Imaging) - Queensland University of Technology

(2005-2007)

Training


Primary Training Base Narrabeen, Australia

Q&A

Favourite food Cadbury Chocolate




Favourite holiday destination Lord Howe Island

Favourite music COUNTRY

Personal Motto Play Like you Play in your head

Star Sign Sagittarius

I would spend my last $10 on Coee and a lotto Ticket!

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Golf

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Anna Meares winning gold in the 2012 London Olympics.

First Olympic Memory? atlanta Olympics- Australia winning gold in the Equestrian Team eventing

and Michael Johnson Winning Gold in the 400m

Most Inuential person in your career/life Troy Morgan

Why this sport? it was a challenge and a pathway to the olympics that was not available in Touch

Football

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Ellia Green

Athlete Biography

Ellia Green catapulted into the international spotlight when she scored an astonishing 80-metre try

against Canada in the three-match exhibition series at the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens. Within four

hours, the try had been viewed over 200,000 times on the Sevens World Series Facebook page.

Having started out as a sprinter, Green represented Australia in athletics at the 2009 World School

Games in Qatar. She was recruited into the Australian Rugby Sevens program after attending a

talent identication camp in Melbourne in 2012.

The agile winger made her international debut in 2013 in Houston. Since then she has become a

rugby sevens household name, helping Australia win the 2015/2016 Rugby Sevens World Series.

The 23-year-old will join a young team in Rio 2016 when the sport makes its Olympic debut.

Green was the fourth highest try-scorer in the 2015/2016 World Series, scoring a total of 17 tries.

Her Australian teammate Emilee Cherry was the second highest try scorer with 22 tries.

Born in Suva, Fiji, the Green Machine is undoubtedly the teams biggest character. She claims her

talents include barking like a dog, beat boxing and rapping. Greens mum is her biggest career and

life inuence.


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Event/s Rugby Sevens Women Height 172

Weight 75 Age 23

Born Suva, Fiji Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances





Career Highlights

Securing qualication and being selected for Rio 2016

Winning the 2015/16 World Series title

Winning the London Sevens in 2015

Education

Primary Brisbania Public School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Star of the Sea College (VIC, Australia)

Tertiary Division 2 Nurse

Training


Institute/Academy Narrabeen Sports Academy

Primary Training Base Sydney, NSW




Q&A

Superstition/s Visors make you tter

Favourite food Pork ribs & lamb chops

Favourite holiday destination NZ

Favourite music RnB and Reggae

Dream car Lamborghini Gallardo

Personal Motto Persevere to achieve greatness and you can ght any challenge life may throw at

you.

Star Sign Aquarius

I would spend my last $10 on Sunscreen

Tattoos/Piercings Fijian tribal on right arm Fijian last name on stomach

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Equestrian

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics

First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman

Most Inuential person in your career/life Mum Why this sport? It is fast, exciting, fun, social and has a great atmosphere

27/07/2016 ShannonParry|AUSTeam|Rio2016

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Shannon Parry

Athlete Biography

Co-captain of the Australian Womens Sevens squad, Shannon Parry made her international rugby

debut in 2010 with the Wallaroos XVs side. She made her rugby sevens debut in 2013 and three

years later will co-captain alongside Sharni Williams as the team head into the Rio 2016 Olympics as

one of the tournament favourites.

Daughter of a New Zealand father and American mother, the Queenslander followed her father

and brothers passion for rugby and started playing as an 18-year-old. Six games into the sport she

was scouted to represent her state at the National Championships.

Parry has played for Australia in both rugby XVs and sevens, including as a member of the

Wallaroos 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup sides captaining her country at the World

Cup in Paris in 2014. The Brisbane-born athlete also led her state to Sevens National Championship

title in Canberra in 2014.

The forward stepped up to captain a number of games during the 2015/2016 World Series, while

skipper Sharni Williams was out with a knee injury. With Williams back for the nal leg of the

tournament, the duo helped the side nish second in France to secure the World Series crown for

the rst time. Parry was also named in the World Sevens Dream Team.

Parry is a qualied secondary school teacher, teaching Physical Education and Geography. She loves

surng in her down time.


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Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia Lives Gumdale, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances






Career Highlights

Qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics

Wallaroos debut 2010 Women's 15s World Cup in Surrey, London.

Captaining the Wallaroos at the 2014 Women's 15s World Cup in Paris, France.

Education

Primary Belmont State School, QLD, Australia

Secondary Moreton Bay College, QLD, Australia

Tertiary Bachelor of Secondary Education (Majoring in Health & Physical Education and

Geography) - Grith University (2007-2010)

Training

Coach Timothy Walsh (2013 - current)

Primary Training Base Sydney Academy of Sport & Recreation, Narrabeen




Q&A

Superstition/s Left sock, right sock, left boot, right boot.

Favourite food Sushi

Favourite holiday destination Hawaii

Favourite music Pop


Personal Motto Dream, Believe, Achieve

Star Sign Scorpio

I would spend my last $10 on Lotto ticket

Tattoos/Piercings Ears pierced

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Tennis player

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman 2000 Olympic Gold medal in the 400m

First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman 2000 Gold medal in the 400m

Most Inuential person in your career/life Mum & Dad

Why this sport? Grew up playing tennis and hockey then decided to try something new out ofschool and fell in love with rugby after my rst training session.

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Evania Pelite

Athlete Biography

A member of the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Sevens team that won gold in Sydney,

Evania Vani Pelite is a dual international, having also represented her country in touch football.

Brisbane-born Pelite grew up playing rugby league and touch football before she turned to rugby

sevens. She was a member of the Queensland Schoolgirls side that won the 2012 National Rugby

Sevens Tournament on the Gold Coast.

At 17 years-old the utility made her International debut with the Aussie side in Amsterdam in 2013.

With 32 World Series games under her belt, Pelite has scored a total of 20 tries over her relatively

short sevens career.

The 21-year-old helped Australia win the nations rst ever World Series in the 2015/2016 season.

Pelite will be one of the youngest in the squad when rugby sevens makes its Olympic debut in Rio

2016.


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Event/s Rugby Sevens Women Nickname Vani

Age 21 Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia





Lives Deception Bay, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances





Career Highlights

Winning the World Series and then getting getting selected to play at Rio 2016.

Winning Gold at the 2013 Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, Australia.

Qualifying with the team for the Rio Olympics during the last leg of our IRB circuit in

Amsterdam, 2015.

Education

Primary Hercules Road State School (QLD, Australia)

Secondary St Columbans College Caboolture (QLD, Australia)

Training

Coach Tim Walsh (2013- current)

Primary Training Base Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen AUS

Q&A

Favourite music RnB



Personal Motto I will always give 100% for myself and my team

Star Sign Cancer

I would spend my last $10 on Food

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman, Sydney 2000

Most Inuential person in your career/life Family

Why this sport? I love the physicality of the game and also have the ability to show our attacking

skills

27/07/2016 AliciaQuirk|AUSTeam|Rio2016

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Alicia Quirk

Athlete Biography

Alicia Quirky Quirk made the transition from touch football to rugby sevens in 2013. She made the

switch knowing Rugby Sevens was debuting in Rio 2016, and will now get the chance to compete

on sports biggest stage this August.

Quirk won the Touch Football World Cup in 2011 in Scotland. She made the switch to rugby sevens

soon after and made her senior debut in 2013. The following year she won her rst Sevens World

Series Cup in Dubai.

The ball player, well known as one of the ttest on the eld, won gold at the 2015 London sevens

at Twickenham Stadium in London in front of her parents, which she still counts as one of her

career highlights.

Quirk was a part of history in 2016 when the Australian side won their rst World Series after an

exceptional season. Throughout the 2015/16 season she made the third most amount of tackles

with 16.

Born in Wagga Wagga, she has a Womens Sevens Best and Fairest medal named after her in her

hometown. She is currently taking Portuguese lessons in her spare time and is studying a Bachelor

of Physiotherapy through Charles Sturt University.


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Weight 64 Age 24

Born Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Lives Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances





Career Highlights

Winning the 2015 London 7's at Twickenham Stadium in front of my parents

Qualifying for the Rio Olympics

My rst 7's World Series win in Dubai 2014

Education

Primary Henschke Primary, Wagga Wagga (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Kildare Catholic College, Wagga Wagga (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Physiotherapy- Charles Sturt University Albury NSW (2010- present)

Training

Coach Tim Walsh (2012-current)

Primary Training Base Sydney Academy of Sport Narrabeen




Q&A

Superstition/s Tie my left shoe before my right and I give Emilee Cherry and Charlotte Caslick a

high ve every game just before we run out.

Favourite food Chicken Pad See Ew

Favourite holiday destination Ios in Greece / Bali

Favourite music Country/ RNB


Personal Motto Whatever I do, never give up

Star Sign Aries

I would spend my last $10 on Chicken Pad See Ew lunch special at Chilli Club Thai $9.80

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be BMX

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman 400m Sydney 2000

First Olympic Memory? Nikki Webster singing Strawberry Kisses

Most Inuential person in your career/life Tim Walsh / My Dad Why this sport? As it is the most mentally and physically challenging thing I've ever decided to do

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Emma Tonegato

Athlete Biography

Emma Tonetago will join the World Champion Australian womens rugby sevens section at Rio 2016

when the sport makes its Olympic debut.

Prior to her sevens career, Tonegato grew up playing touch football before transferring to rugby

league when she was 16. She climbed Australias league ranks, playing for NSW in the State of

Origin and representing her nation at the 2013 World Cup, where she won gold in Great Britain.

The Wollongong-born athlete made her debut for the Australian side in the opening leg of the

2013-14 Sevens World Series in Dubai in November 2013.

The outside back had a strong 2015-16 Sevens World Series season. She was selected in the 2015

Amsterdam Sevens Dream Team before she was named Player of the Tournament for the Atlanta

leg of the series in April 2016 after scoring 10 tries across the weekend.

Tonegato helped Australia claim the nations rst ever Sevens World Series when they took out the

2015/16 title just months out from Rio. Her eorts didnt go unnoticed as she was named in the

Team of the Season by World Rugby.


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Event/s Rugby Sevens Women Nickname ET

Age 21 Born Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Lives Corrimal East, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances





Career Highlights

Being the rst ever Australian Women's sevens team to qualify for an Olympics and be a full-

time sport

Becoming the rst Australian side to win the World Series title.

Winning at Twickenham Stadium at the London Sevens in 2015.

Education

Primary St John Vianney's Fairy Meadow NSW Australia

Secondary Holy Spirit College Bellambi NSW Australia

Tertiary Bachelor of Occupational Therapy - Australian Catholic University (2015 - Present

Training


Institute/Academy Sydney Academy Of Sport and Recreation (Narrabeen, Australia)





Q&A

Favourite food Magnum Ego

Favourite holiday destination Italy

Star Sign Pisces

I would spend my last $10 on Food

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Athletics

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics

First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman

Most Inuential person in your career/life Parents

Why this sport? Fun, fast, exciting and I get to show my skill

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Amy Turner

Athlete Biography

Originally from Tokoroa in New Zealand, Amy Turner represented both the New Zealand Maori

Sevens and the New Zealand Touch Football team before she moved to Brisbane when she was 20

years-old.

In Australia, Turner has tried her hand in rugby league, union and touch football, - even

representing Queensland in the State of Origin. When she was contracted to join the Australian

Sevens unit part-time, she was juggling her love of rugby with her job driving trucks in the Mount

Isa mines.

As the eldest player in the squad (32), Turner accepted a full-time contract with the Australian

Womens Rugby Sevens squad two years out from the Rio Games. She joins a young team for Rio

where rugby sevens makes its rst Olympic appearance.

The utility made her debut for the Australian side during the World Series in Houston in 2013,

winning her rst World Series tournament later that calendar year in Dubai.

Turner was Australias third highest try scorer throughout the historic 2015/16 World Series. Turner

crossed 12 times as the Australian side won their rst World Series to head into Rio as a genuine

gold medal contender.


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Event/s Rugby Sevens Women Nickname Wayway

Height 168 Weight 64

Age 32 Born Tokoroa, New Zealand

Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia

Associated Olympians

Gemma Etheridge

Ed Jenkins

Nicole Beck

Alicia Quirk

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Career Highlights

Qualifying for the Olympics and then being selected for the Games.

Winning our rst IRB tournament in Dubai in 2013.

Winning the World Series in the 2015/16 season.

Education

Primary Tokoroa East School (New Zealand)

Secondary Tokoroa High School (New Zealand)

Training


Institute/Academy Sydney Sports Academy

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Q&A

Favourite food Juicy BBQ pork ribs with kumara fries

Favourite holiday destination Would denitely have to be New Zealand (my home)

Favourite music Any type of music

Dream car Range rover

Personal Motto Everything happens for a reason.

Star Sign Aries

I would spend my last $10 on Big bag of chocolate M&Ms

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Boxing

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Watching Cathy Freeman win Gold was pretty bloody

awesome.

First Olympic Memory? Watching Danyon Loader win two Gold medals at the 1996 Athens

Olympics.

Most Inuential person in your career/life Nan Why this sport? I've always played contact sports - rugby league and rugby.

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Sharni Williams

Athlete Biography

Having grown up playing hockey and dreaming of making the Olympic Games, Sharni Williams will

now get the chance to wear the green and gold when rugby sevens makes its Olympic debut at Rio.

She played hockey for the ACT Strikers on the national stage before switching to rugby when she

was 20 and has never looked back. She lined up for Australia at the 2010 15-a-side womens World

Cup where Australia nished third and would go on to win the womens rugby player of the year

award.

The forward from the famous apple-producing town of Batlow, NSW, made her sevens debut a year

later and went on to play in every leg of the Women's Sevens World Series since its inception in

November 2012 until injury ruled her out of the Sao Paulo Sevens in February 2016.

The co-captain returned to competition for the nal match of the 2015/16 season where a second

placed nish helped the side claim a historic rst World Series title in France.

O the eld Williams is a qualied mechanic.


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Weight 79 Age 28

Born Batlow, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances




Career Highlights

Being a part of the World Series winning 2015/16 side.

Dubai 2013 winning our rst women's sevens World Series tournament

Captaining the Australian women's sevens team since 2013.

Education

Primary Batlow Technology school (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Batlow Technology school (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Certicate lll in automotive mechanical technology

Training


Institute/Academy Sydney Academy of Sport (Narrabeen, Australia)


Q&A



Superstition/s Hit my chest twice before running out onto the eld, one for family/the girls and

the other for my country - the coat of arms.

Favourite food Salmon/seafood

Favourite holiday destination Camping and beach any where with family

Favourite music RnB and Country

Dream car Tough question.. Convey van, Monaro gts and torana

Personal Motto 'Everything happens for a reason' 'I believe in the universe'

Star Sign Pisces

I would spend my last $10 on My mum

Tattoos/Piercings (4 tattoos) right ear: Pisces symbol right forearm: my cap number for rugby 15s

and 7s Right calf: family crest all the initials of my family. Ears pierced

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Hockey

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning Sydney 2000 gold and Steven

Bradbury's gold

First Olympic Memory? Watching the hockeyroos live in Sydney 2000 (Alyson Annan's goal)

Most Inuential person in your career/life Alyson Annan and Nikki Hutson Why this sport? Because it's the sport I rst started playing at the age of 8

rugby sevens women - 12 athletes

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