Celia Quansah
English rugby sevens player
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Celia Quansah (born 25 October 1995) is an English rugby sevens player who plays for Trailfinders Women. She was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Celia Quansah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 October 1995[1] Twickenham, England[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born to a Ghanaian father and English mother, Quansah grew up in Twickenham. She participated in athletics, winning the long jump event at the 2011 School Games, and represented England internationally in heptathlon, competing at the British Championships against Jessica Ennis-Hill. Whilst at university, she took up rugby. After playing for six months, she was invited to join the England Sevens programme for 2018/19, and played for the winning Great Britain team at the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[6][2]
She was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[8]
In 2026, Quanshah appeared with alongside contestant Kate Butch in the Makeover Challenge, the seventh episode, of Rupaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World season three.
Personal life
Quansah is openly lesbian, and is in a same-sex relationship with her England 7s teammate Megan Jones.[9][10] The couple represented Great Britain together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[10]
