Kelly Griffin
Kelly Griffin poses for a portrait at the U.S. Olympic Training Center on July 21, 2016 in Chula Vista, CA.
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| Date of birth | November 7, 1986 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Comps | |
| 2011-Present | United States | 27 | |
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| Rugby Sevens | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Rugby Sevens World Cup | ||
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Moscow, Russia | 2013 |
| NACRA Women's Rugby Championship | ||
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North Carolina, USA | 2015 |
| Pan American Games | ||
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Toronto, Canada | 2015 |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | 2016 | |
Kelly Griffin (born November 7, 1986) is an American rugby sevens player and Olympian. As a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team, she won a bronze medal at the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup, and a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. She was also captain of the United States Women's Rugby Sevens team for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kelly Griffin was born and raised in Berkeley, California and played soccer and basketball starting at the age of 6. She attended Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California, where she played basketball for coach Gene Nakamura, who called Griffin's 2003 team the group he was "most fond of" from his 24 seasons as head coach.
Griffin moved from Berkeley to Los Angeles to attend UCLA in 2004, and her freshman she year joined the UCLA Women's Club Rugby team, known as the UCLA Bruin Rangers. She helped lead UCLA to several national playoff appearances, and was named a USA Rugby AIG Women’s Collegiate All-American in 2007 and 2008. Additionally she was selected for the USA Rugby Under-23 team in 2006 and 2007.
After graduating from UCLA with an applied math degree in 2008, Griffin returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and joined the Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Club. During the 2011 season of the Women's Premier League, Griffin won the 7s National Championship with the All Blues and was named tournament Most Valued Player. The All Blues also won the 2011 Women's Premier League Championship, with Griffin leading the league in tries scored. Additionally, Griffin won the 2011 Women's All-Star National Championship with Pacific Coast team, rounding out her three championships in a six-month period.
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