Isla Norman-Bell
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| Date of birth | 21 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Gillingham | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Isla Norman-Bell (born 21 February 2000) is an English rugby union player.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Gillingham, Kent, England, but brought up from the age of two in New Zealand, Norman-Bell was first called up to train with England sevens in December 2021.[2] Prior to this, Norman-Bell attended the University of Auckland, and in 2019 she was named their sportswoman of the year. She was given a place on the New Zealand Women’s Sevens Development team to tour internationally and later played for the New Zealand Open Women’s Touch team at the World Championships in Malaysia. Norman-Bell was named in the 2019 Vodafone Warriors Women’s team that played in the NRL Touch Premiership, and played on the wing for Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup.[3][4]
Norman-Bell 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 a 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] The team finished seventh.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Isla Norman-Bell". Teamengland.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "England Sevens programme update and London Sevens tickets on sale". Twickenhamstadium.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Isla Norman-Bell - The University of Auckland". Auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Exciting female talent named for Red Bull Ignite7". Allblacks.com. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "RFU". Englandrugby.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- 2000 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
- Rugby union players from Gillingham, Kent
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- University of Auckland alumni
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union wings
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
- 21st-century English sportswomen