Sara Kaljuvee
Canadian rugby union and sevens player
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Sara Lynn Kaljuvee (born February 7, 1993) is a Canadian rugby sevens and fifteens player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and competed for Canada at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.
| Born | February 7, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | St. Francis Xavier University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
2015–19
In 2016, Kaljuvee was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic Team. She is a two time gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru as a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.[1]
Kaljuvee was a part of the first ever women's Commonwealth Games tournament in 2018.[2] She was also a member of the 2018 Sevens World Cup Team.[3]
2022–23
In 2022, Kaljuvee was selected and competed as the starting center in Canada's fifteens squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[4][5][6] She scored a try against Fiji in a warm-up match before the World Cup.[7]
Kaljuvee was named in Canada's traveling squad for the 2023 Pacific Four Series.[8][9] She started in her sides Pacific Four loss to the Black Ferns, they went down 21–52.[10][11]
In 2023, Kaljuvee featured in the Premier Rugby Sevens tournament and captained the Pittsburgh Steeltoes.[12]