Béibhinn Parsons
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About
Irish rugby player and Olympian known for playing wing for Connacht, Blackrock College RFC, and Ireland's national rugby teams in both sevens and fifteens. She is also known for representing Ireland at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games where Ireland's women's rugby sevens team competed at the Olympics for the first time.
Before fame
She began playing rugby with Ballinasloe RFC on a mixed under-11 team. She attended Ardscoil Mhuire and led her school to the All-Ireland girls' Sevens title in 2018 and also began representing Ireland in 2018. She became a professional rugby player in 2022.
Trivia
She became Ireland rugby's youngest-ever senior international in 2018 when she earned her first cap when she was 16 years old. She won the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year Award in 2020. She became a Ballygowan brand ambassador in 2024.
Family life
She is from Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. Her cousin Tom Parsons played Gaelic football.
Associated with
She and Ilona Maher are both known for being female international rugby sevens players who have competed at the Olympics.
