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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Western Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelly Russell (born December 7, 1986) is a former Canadian rugby union player,[1] and is a coach for the sport.[2] She captained Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and was named to the Dream Team.[3][4][5]
Russell has also featured in two Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009 and 2013.[6]
Kelly and her younger sister Laura were both named in the 2014 World Cup squad.[7]
She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][8]
In 2016, Russell was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[9] The team won bronze.