Date of birth | October 14, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Franklin High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Williams College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristi Kirshe (/ˈkɜːrʃi/ KUR-shee; born October 14, 1994)[1] is an American rugby sevens player who has played for the U.S. Women's Rugby Sevens team since January 2019.[2] Kirshe also played one season with the Rocky Mountain Experts of Premier Rugby Sevens.
Kirshe started her rugby career with the Northeast Academy and Boston Rugby, from there she was selected to join the Women's Falcons at the Hokkaido Governor's Cup in 2018.[2] She played in both the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won a bronze medal as a member of the U.S. Women's Rugby Sevens team.[2][3]