Full name | Frédérick Carl Asselin | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | October 31, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montreal, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Nadine Rolland (wife) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Frédérick Carl Asselin (born October 31, 1973) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.
Born in Montreal, Asselin was a British Columbia-based winger whose pace made him well suited to the rugby sevens format. [1] He scored 63 tries for Canada in World Sevens Series events and featured twice at the Commonwealth Games, including in 1998 when he scored three tries in the quarter-final loss to Fiji. [2] In 2001, Asselin had a season in New Zealand rugby, playing with Northland. [3] He made 15 capped appearances for the Canada XV. [4]
Asselin is married to former Olympic swimmer Nadine Rolland. [5]
Full name | Frédérick Carl Asselin | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | October 31, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montreal, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Nadine Rolland (wife) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Frédérick Carl Asselin (born October 31, 1973) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.
Born in Montreal, Asselin was a British Columbia-based winger whose pace made him well suited to the rugby sevens format. [1] He scored 63 tries for Canada in World Sevens Series events and featured twice at the Commonwealth Games, including in 1998 when he scored three tries in the quarter-final loss to Fiji. [2] In 2001, Asselin had a season in New Zealand rugby, playing with Northland. [3] He made 15 capped appearances for the Canada XV. [4]
Asselin is married to former Olympic swimmer Nadine Rolland. [5]