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Sommer Christie is a Canadian rugby union player who participated at the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup. [1] She earned an honourable mention in the list of the Ten Greatest North American Women rugby union players. [1]
Rugby
Christie played club rugby for Ste. Anne de Bellevue RFC. [2] She represented the Concordia Stingers in university from 1999 to 2003 while studying exercise science and was later assistant coach for the team. [3] Christie was part of the first-ever World University Sevens Championship team. [1]
Honours and achievements
- 2001, 2002, and 2003 CIS All-Canadian [3] [4]
- 3x CIS Academic All-Canadian [3]
- 5x QSSF All-star [3]
- 2002, QSSF women's rugby MVP [3]
- 2002, Concordia University's Female Athlete of the Year [3]
- 2004, FISU Rugby 7s All-star [5]
- 2017, Concordia University Sport Hall of Fame induction [6]
Wheelchair rugby
Christie is a mental performance consultant for the Canadian national wheelchair rugby team.
References
- ^ a b c Brown, Mathew. (2011). Rugby for dummies. Growden, Greg., Guthrie, Patrick, 1962- (3rd ed.). Mississauga, Ont.: Wiley. p. 321. ISBN 9781118043325. OCLC 731322674.
- ^ "Rugby Manitoba". www.itsportsnet.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Christie named to World Cup team". stingers.ca. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ "U-Sport All-Canadian teams" (PDF). U-Sports. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ "2004 FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY 7-ON-7 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP - Ontario University Athletics (OUA)". www.oua.ca. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ "Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
External links
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