Quinn (soccer)

Quinn
Quinn with the Washington Spirit in 2018
Personal information
Full name Quinn[1]
Date of birth (1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Seattle Reign FC
Number 5
Youth career
North Toronto SC
Richmond Hill SC[2]
Erin Mills Eagles SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Duke Blue Devils 69 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Toronto Lady Lynx 4 (0)
2018 Washington Spirit 17 (0)
2019 Paris FC 2 (0)
2019– Seattle Reign FC 61 (1)
2020Vittsjö GIK (loan) 8 (0)
International career
2012 Canada U17 8 (0)
2014 Canada U20 4 (0)
2015 Canada U23 5 (0)
2014– Canada 100 (6)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Canada
CONCACAF W Championship
Runner-up 2018 United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 7, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 6, 2024

Quinn (formerly Rebecca Quinn; born 11 August 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player and Olympic gold medallist who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign FC and the Canada national team. Quinn previously played professionally for Paris FC in France's top league Division 1 Féminine (D1F), Vittsjö GIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, as well as Washington Spirit in the NWSL. They were the first Canadian to play women's collegiate soccer at Duke University. Quinn previously represented Canada on the under-17, under-20, under-23 national teams.

In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Quinn became the first out, transgender, non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympics,[3] the first to medal, and the first to earn a gold medal.[4]

  1. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Canada" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Richmond Hill Soccer Club – History of Player Achievements". richmondhillsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ Ring, Trudy (26 July 2021). "Quinn Is World's First Out Trans, Nonbinary Olympian". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ Hart, Robert (6 August 2021). "Canada's Quinn Makes History As First Openly Transgender And Nonbinary Athlete To Win Olympic Medal". Forbes. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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