Natasha Olson-Thorne
Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1992-10-06) October 6, 1992 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natasha Shangwe Olson-Thorne (born 6 October 1992) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, Hong Kong's first World Cup appearance. Olson-Thorne created history when she scored Hong Kong's first World Cup try in their match against Wales.[1][2]
Biography
Olson-Thorne began playing rugby at the age of 15 while attending Sha Tin College.[3] She made her international debut for the Hong Kong women's national rugby union team in 2010.[3][4] She then made her sevens debut at the 2011 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.[5][4][3]
In 2015 she graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health.[3][4] She captained the sevens team for the first time at the 2016 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, it was her sixth appearance at the tournament.[3] Olson-Thorne was also in the sevens team vying for a spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics via a repechage tournament in Dublin.[6] She was in the 2021 sevens squad that 'narrowly' missed their chance to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[7]
She co-captained the Hong Kong sevens team at the 2021 Asia Women's Sevens Series, it was a qualifier event for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[8][9] However, they lost to Japan in the semifinal and missed their chance.[10]
Olson-Thorne was named in the fifteens squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan in December 2022.[11][12][13]
References
- ^ Agars, Sam (2017-08-18). "Watch: Olson-Thorne scores Hong Kong's first ever World Cup try". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Natasha Olson-Thorne Becomes Hong Kong's First Player to Score Rugby World Cup Try". www.asiatraveltips.com. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ a b c d e "Natasha Olson-Thorne Captain's Hong Kong". www.bcmagazine.net. 2016-04-06. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ a b c "Natasha Olson-Thorne to make her senior debut as captain of Hong Kong Women's Sevens". hksevens.com. 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Hong Kong Rugby Union". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-02-16. Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "How I Liv: Natasha Olson-Thorne". Liv Magazine. 2016-05-26. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Hong Kong, China sevens squads narrowly miss out on tickets to Tokyo". Asia Rugby. 2021-06-20. Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Young guns join women's seven for crucial Asian Series event in Dubai". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "HK women aim to shine with speedy and flexible squad". The Standard. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Hong Kong men dominate China to qualify for World Cup finals". South China Morning Post. 2021-11-20. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Hong Kong v Kazakhstan: Everything You Need To Know". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-12-09. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Hong Kong Women XV Celebrate Win Over Kazakhstan". RugbyAsia247. 2022-12-11. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Hong Kong Women XV Looking For Series Clean Sweep Over Kazakhstan". RugbyAsia247. 2022-12-16. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
