Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian

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player. She represented at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the touring squad that played and in November 2013.

Career

Benn won a gold medal at the

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as a member of the Canadian women's

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team. In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team that went on to win the bronze medal for Canada. In June 2021, Benn was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. She is openly lesbian.

Honours and achievements

* 2017,

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Langford dream team * 2019, Canada Sevens Langford performance tracker player of the round *2019, Rugby Canada Player of the Year (7s)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benn, Brittany 1989 births Living people Canadian female rugby union players Canada women's international rugby union players 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 Sportspeople from Belleville, Ontario Rugby union players from Ontario Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canadian lesbian sportswomen 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people Canada international women's rugby sevens players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen