Celia Quansah

Celia Quansah
Full nameCelia Quansah
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995[1]
Twickenham, England[2]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2020 Loughborough Lightning[3]
2020–2023 Wasps
2023-2025 Leicester Tigers Women 3[4]
2025-2026 Trailfinders Women
2026 Barbarians 1 (5[5])
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
Great Britain

Celia Quansah (born 25 October 1995) is an English rugby sevens player who plays for Trailfinders Women. She was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Born to a Ghanaian father and English mother, Quansah grew up in Twickenham. She participated in athletics, winning the long jump event at the 2011 School Games, and represented England internationally in heptathlon, competing at the British Championships against Jessica Ennis-Hill. Whilst at university, she took up rugby. After playing for six months, she was invited to join the England Sevens programme for 2018/19, and played for the winning Great Britain team at the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[6][2]

She was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] 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.[8]

In 2026, Quanshah appeared with alongside contestant Kate Butch in the Makeover Challenge, the seventh episode, of Rupaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World season three.

Personal life

Quansah is openly lesbian, and is in a same-sex relationship with her England 7s teammate Megan Jones.[9][10] The couple represented Great Britain together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Celia Quansah". world.rugby. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Celia Quansah". englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Godsall, David (12 September 2017). "England internationals join Loughborough Lightning Rugby". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Club News - Celia Quansah to join Trailfinders Women". Leicester Tigers. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sat 27 Jun 2026 ‧ Women's Internationals". BBC Sport. 27 June 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Rowan, Kate (31 January 2021). "Exclusive interview: Meet Meg Jones and Celia Quansah - 'It's easier to be gay in rugby than other sports'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rugby sevens squads confirmed for Tokyo". Team GB. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED". Englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Rowan, Kate (31 January 2021). "Exclusive interview: Meet Meg Jones and Celia Quansah - 'It's easier to be gay in rugby than other sports'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Megan Jones and Celia Quansah on rugby, their relationship and Olympic selection". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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