Mitch Gudgeon
| Full name | Mitchell Gudgeon | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | April 27, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Oak Bay High School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Victoria Queen's University | ||||||||||||||||
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Mitchell Gudgeon (born April 27, 1986) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.[1]
Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Gudgeon was educated at Oak Bay High School and excelled most in basketball growing up. He was the 2004 Sport BC high school athlete of the year and played varsity basketball for the Victoria Vikes.[2] His university degree was in kinesiology and he later completed an MBA from Queen's University.[3]
Gudgeon gained two caps as a lock on the Canada national rugby union team, against Belgium in Brussels in 2010 and Russia in the 2011 Churchill Cup. He was named in the extended squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Canadians bank on height and youth to win back IRB status". South China Morning Post. March 22, 2010.
- ^ "Vikes rookies psyched up to take on Brock Badgers". Times Colonist. March 18, 2005.
- ^ Underwood, Nora (September 5, 2013). "Coaches for career - and lifestyle, healthy living too". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Canada's early roster released for Rugby World Cup". Victoria News. June 27, 2011.
External links
- Mitch Gudgeon at ESPNscrum