Kaitlin Shave
| Date of birth | 29 January 2001[1] | ||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||
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Kaitlin Shave (born 29 January 2001) is an Australian rugby union player. She was selected as part of the Australia national rugby sevens team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Early life
[edit]She attended Runcorn State School and Clairvaux MacKillop College before attending the University of Queensland. She was a sprinter as a youngster, running close to 12 seconds for the 100 metres, and finishing first in a dead heat in the 100 metres at the U17 Australian Athletic Championships in Sydney.[2][3] She has a 100m personal best of 12.06 seconds, a 200m personal best of 24.71 and a top 100m hurdles time of 14.55. she won national age-group titles individually and in the relay and was a relay teammate of Ella Connolly.[4]
Career
[edit]She played touch rugby league and helped the Brisbane Broncos win the NRL touch premiership in 2019. Thereafter she transitioned to Rugby 7s and won a title in South Africa with the Balkans Honey Badgers in 2022.[5]
She was a standout player at the AON Next Gen Sevens series, being subsequently selected for the Australian 7s program in 2022. She made her debut for the Australia national rugby sevens team at the Dubai Sevens in 2023.[6][7]
She was subsequently selected for the Australian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kaitlin Shave". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ O'Neill, Rhys (24 July 2024). "Australia Rugby Sevens Paris Olympics 2024 Guide: Team list, schedule, draws, latest news". Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Dawson, Andrew (28 September 2017). "Mt Gravatt speed queen Kaitlin Shave was born to run". Courier Mail. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Gates, Zachary (28 November 2023). "'Unreal speed': Former high school sprint champion set for Australian rugby sevens debut". Nine.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Williamson, Nathan (18 January 2024). "Shave's worldwide journey to sudden Sevens stardom". Rugby.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Kaitlin Shave". Au7s.rugby. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "'I want it really bad': Aussie Kaitlin Shave hungry for more after SVNS debut". Rugby Pass. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens launches Australia's Olympics campaign tonight". Rugby.com. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
