Jade Shekells
 Shekells during 2022 Dubai 7's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Worcester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jade Shekells (born 28 September 1996) is an English rugby union player who plays for Worcester Warriors and England Sevens.[1]
Career
[edit]Shekells attended Hartpury College before going to Cardiff Met University, where she was called up to the England U20s.[2] After returning to her midlands base, Shekells was the Worcester Warriors player of the season for 2020-21.[3]
Shekells was called up by England sevens in the spring of 2022, ahead of the Rugby Europe Series in Budapest.[4] She was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.[5] 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.[6] She was also selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games.[7] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.[8] In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games[9] where the team finished seventh.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/jade-shekells [bare URL]
- ^ "Jade Shekells, who played rugby for Worcester, keen to reach top in women's game". 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Worcester Warriors | Jade Shekells named Players' Player of the Season".
- ^ "Worcester Warriors | Shekells gets England Sevens call".
- ^ "RFU".
- ^ "ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED". Englandrugby.com.
- ^ "European Games: Rugby sevens stars zero in on Paris 2024 prize". Team GB. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "European Games 2023: 'Huge relief' as GB women's sevens team win gold to land Olympics spot". BBC Sport. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Southcombe, Matt (19 June 2024). "Welsh speedster Jasmine Joyce makes history with Team GB Paris Olympics call-up". ITV.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Around the Games: Day Four of Paris 2024". Team GB. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- England international women's rugby sevens players
- English female rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games
- European Games medalists in rugby sevens
- European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- Great Britain women's international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Worcester
- Black British sportswomen
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
- Alumni of Hartpury College
- Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
- 21st-century English sportswomen