Carissa Norsten
Carissa Norsten (born November 7, 2003) is a Carissa Norsten
Canadian rugby union and rugby sevens athlete.[1] Date of birth November 7, 2003
Place of birth Waldheim, Saskatchewan
Career University University of Victoria
Rugby union career
Norsten was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American National sevens team
Games team in October.[2] At the games Norsten
Years Team Comps
would go onto win the silver medal with the team.[1]
Canada
In June 2024, Norseten was named the rookie of the Medal record
year on the women's 2023–24 SVNS series.[3] In July
Women's rugby sevens
2024, Norsten was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic
team in the sevens.[4][5][6] The team won a silver Representing Canada
medal, coming from 0-12 behind to defeat Australia Olympics
21-12 in the semi-finals,[7] before losing the final to
New Zealand.[8][9]
2024 Paris Team competition
Pan American Games
References 2023 Santiago Team competition
1. "Carissa Norsten" (https://olympic.ca/team-ca
nada/Carissa-Norsten/). wwww.olympic.ca.
Canadian Olympic Committee. 3 October
2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. "Canada's Santiago 2023 Rugby Sevens
Teams Announced" (https://rugby.ca/en/news/
2023/10/canada-s-santiago-2023-rugby-seven
s-teams-announced) (Press release).
Vancouver, Canada: Rugby Canada.
Retrieved 13 July 2024.
3. "Carissa Norsten Named HSBC SVNS
Women's Rookie of the Year" (https://rugby.ca/
en/news/2024/06/carissa-norsten-named-hsbc
-svns-women-s-rookie-of-the-year).
www.rugby.ca. Rugby Canada. 2 June 2024.
Retrieved 13 July 2024.
4. McGoldrick, Hayley (10 July 2024). "Team
Canada reveals women's rugby sevens squad
for Paris 2024" (https://olympic.ca/2024/07/10/
team-canada-reveals-womens-rugby-sevens-
squad-for-paris-2024/). Canadian Olympic
Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. "Apps among 3 returnees to Canadian Olympic women's rugby 7s team for Paris" (https://w
ww.cbc.ca/sports/rugby/olivia-apps-canada-womens-olympic-rugby-team-1.7259482).
www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC Sports. Canadian Press. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
6. Dheensaw, Cleeve (11 July 2024). "Victoria's Crossley, UVic stars Scurfield, Norsten named
to Olympic rugby team for Paris" (https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/victorias-crossley-uv
ic-stars-scurfield-norsten-named-to-olympic-rugby-team-for-paris-9204682). Times Colonist.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
7. "Team Canada shocks Australia, will go for gold in women's rugby sevens" (https://olympic.c
a/2024/07/30/team-canada-shocks-australia-will-go-for-gold-in-womens-rugby-sevens/).
Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
8. "Canada wins silver in women's rugby sevens after narrowly losing to All Blacks in Olympic
final" (https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics-and-paralympics/canada-wins-silver-in-wom
ens-rugby-sevens-after-narrowly-losing-to-all-blacks-in-olympic/article_d0495410-4e29-11ef
-814f-43fae5a005bb.html). Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
9. "Gutsy Team Canada earns silver in women's rugby sevens" (https://olympic.ca/2024/07/30/
gutsy-team-canada-earns-silver-in-womens-rugby-sevens/). Canadian Olympic Committee.
Retrieved 30 July 2024.
External links
Carissa Norsten (https://rugby.ca/en/athletes/carissa-norsten) at Rugby Canada
Carissa Norsten (https://olympic.ca/team-canada/carissa-norsten/) at Team Canada
Carissa Norsten (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/carissa-norsten) at Olympics.com
Carissa Norsten (https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/carissa-norsten_1960812) at
the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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