Natasha Watcham-Roy
Appearance
Date of birth | April 28, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Natasha Watcham-Roy (born April 28, 1992) is a Canadian rugby union player.[1] She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[1][2]
In 2016, Watcham-Roy was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[3] In August 2018, she stepped away from the program.[4] On 22 November 2018, she announced her retirement due to mental health.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Natasha Watcham-Roy". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Natasha Watcham-Roy". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Davidson, Neil. "Canadian rugby sevens women open crucial World Series season in Colorado". Burnaby Now. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "Olympic Medalist Natasha Watcham-Roy Retires from Canada Rugby Sevens".
External links
[edit]- Natasha Watcham-Roy at Team Canada
- Natasha Watcham-Roy at Olympedia (archive)
- Natasha Watcham-Roy at Olympics.com
- Natasha Watcham-Roy at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Canadian female rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Rugby union players from Ontario
- Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Canada
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Canada international women's rugby sevens players
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen