Ghislaine Landry (born April 27, 1988) is a Canadianrugby union player.[1] She won a gold medal at the2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women'srugby sevens team.[1][2] During the 2016–17 season, Landry succeededJen Kish as captain of the national sevens. On October 20, 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the women's sevens World Series.[3]
In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team,[4] which won the bronze medal in a match againstGreat Britain. In 2017, Landry moved into first place all-time in HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series scoring with 706 points.[5] In June 2021, Landry was named toCanada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[6][7]
By the time Landry retired in November 2021 she had scored a total of 1,356 career points in the women sevens series. This made her highest women points scorer in the history of the sevens series until in March 2024 her score was over taken byTyla Nathan-Wong.[8] Her points were obtained from 143 tries and 319 conversions over 208 games.[8]
