Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: Women's Team
OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020: WOMEN’S TEAM PROFILES AND BIOGRAPHIES AUSTRALIA Head coach: John Manenti Co-captains: Sharni Williams and Shannon Parry Olympic record: 2016 – Champions Tokyo 2020 seeding: 3 World Rugby Sevens Series record: 2012-13 – Fifth / 2013-14 – Runners-up / 2014-15 – Third / 2015-16 – Champions / 2016-17 – Runners-up / 2018 – Champions / 2019 – Fourth / 2020 – Runners-up Did you know…? • Australia won the first Olympic rugby sevens gold medal at Rio 2016, beating New Zealand 24-17 in the gold medal match • Sharni Williams, Shannon Parry, Charlotte Caslick, Emma Tonegato and Evania Pelite are gold medallists returning for a second Olympic Games • Australia qualified for Tokyo 2020 by finishing fourth in the World Rugby Sevens Series 2019, claiming the last direct place Shirt Full name DOB Height Weight Events Points Tries Notes # (Age) (cm) (kg) John Manenti 29/03/71 - Third full season as head coach (50) - Assistant coach to Tim Walsh for Rio 2016 - Took over in April 2018 after Commonwealth Games as interim coach - Officially handed role in June 2018 - Former Australia women’s 15s head coach and Australia U20 assistant coach 1 Shannon 27/10/89 170 72 34 105 21 - Rio 2016 Olympic Games gold-medal winning co-captain Parry (co- (31) - Joint second-most capped Australian player with Alicia Lucas (behind Sharni captain) Williams, 35) - Led Australia to second World Rugby Sevens Series title in 2018 - Made Australia debut on Series in Amsterdam in 2013 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth
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