Ariana Ramsey
{{short description|American rugby player (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
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| hometown = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| height = 5 ft 3 in
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| university = Dartmouth College
| position = Wing
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Ariana Ramsey {{post-nominals|list=OLY}} ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ær|i|ˈ|ɑː|n|ə}} {{respell|ARR|ee|AH|nə}}; born March 25, 2000){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ariana-ramsey_1950500|title=RAMSEY Ariana|date=2025 |access-date=13 January 2025}} is an American rugby sevens player. She represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, winning bronze in 2024.
Early life and education
Ramsey grew up in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |last1=Rapp |first1=Julia |title=Montgomery County Athletes Ready to Shine at the 2024 Paris Olympics |url=https://delco.today/2024/07/ariana-ramsey-ashley-sessa-montco/ |website=DELCO.Today |access-date=July 31, 2024 |date=July 25, 2024}} She attended Upper Merion Area High School, where she began playing rugby her sophomore year of high school.{{cite web |last1=Silver |first1=Ben |title=These Main Line Region Locals Will Compete in the Paris Olympics |url=https://mainlinetoday.com/life-style/sports-outdoors/main-line-paris-olympics/ |website=Main Line Today |access-date=July 30, 2024 |date=July 22, 2024}} Ramsey was eventually named her team MVP for rugby, while also lettering in wrestling, track, cheerleading, and field hockey.{{cite web |title=Ariana Ramsey - Women's Rugby |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/womens-rugby/roster/ariana-ramsey/36481 |website=Dartmouth College Athletics |access-date=July 30, 2024 |language=en}} She credits her success in rugby, in part, to her multi-sport background.{{cite web |last1=Lafleur |first1=Justin |title=Ramsey Excels With Her Father Always in Her Heart |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/news/2022/11/18/womens-rugby-15s-7s-ramsey-excels-with-her-father-always-in-her-heart |website=Dartmouth College Athletics |access-date=July 31, 2024 |language=en |date=July 26, 2024}}
Ramsey enrolled at Dartmouth College in 2018, scoring her first collegiate try in a NIRA semifinal win against Army. In 2021, she became the first Dartmouth women's rugby player to compete in the Olympics.{{cite web |last1=York |first1=Caroline |title=Spotlight on Olympian and women's rugby co-captain Ariana Ramsey '22 |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2023/06/spotlight-on-olympian-and-womens-rugby-co-captain-ariana-ramsey-22 |website=The Dartmouth |access-date=July 31, 2024}}
International career
Ramsey played for the United States women's national rugby sevens team at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2023/09/29/ariana-ramsey-from-flips-to-tackles-the-journey-of-a-rugby-olympian/ |website=srumhalfconnection |accessdate=July 29, 2024 |title=Ariana Ramsey: From Flips to Tackles – The Journey of a Rugby Olympian |date=September 29, 2023 |first=Wendy |last=Young}} The Eagles placed sixth at the competition.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Sydney Bergan and Traci G. |title=Ariana Ramsey, USA women's rugby sevens looking for first Olympic medal since 1924 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/27/us-women-rugby-2024-paris-olympics/74520754007/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=July 31, 2024}} Ramsey tore her ACL during the Eagles' opening match against China, leading her to sit out her senior season at Dartmouth.{{cite web |last1=Plottner |first1=Sean |title=Look Who's Talking: Ariana Ramsey '22 |url=https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/ariana-ramsey-22 |website=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine |access-date=July 31, 2024 |language=en}}
She returned to play for the Eagles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/videos/sports/olympics/2024/07/27/team-usa-rugby-player-ariana-ramsey-on-training-for-the-2024-olympics/74467515007/ |website=usa today |accessdate=July 29, 2024 |title=Ariana Ramsey shows how Team USA rugby trains for the 2024 Paris Olympics |date=July 27, 2024}} In the bronze medal match, Ramsey passed to Alex Sedrick, who scored a last-minute try to win bronze for the United States against defending champions Australia.{{cite web |last1=Sielski |first1=Mike |title=The U.S. women's rugby sevens shocked the world, and an Upper Merion alum lent a key hand |url=https://www.inquirer.com/sports/united-states-womens-rugby-sevens-australia-olympics-bronze-medal-20240730.html |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=July 30, 2024 |language=en |date=July 30, 2024}}
Personal life
Ramsey is a certified personal trainer.{{cite web |title=USA Rugby player Ariana Ramsey joins Paradis Pros! |url=https://paradissport.com/blogs/news/welcome-to-our-newest-paradis-pro-us-rugby-player-ariana-ramsey |website=Paradis Sport |access-date=July 31, 2024 |language=en |date=September 22, 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://usa.rugby/players/ariana-ramsey/2130 Ariana Ramsey] at USA Rugby
- {{Team USA|new_id=ariana-ramsey-1149365|old_id=Ariana-Ramsey|sport=usa-rugby|archive=20230602030542}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ariana-ramsey_1950500 Ariana Ramsey] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{2019 Pan American Games profile|rugby-7/athlete-profile-n1136290-ramsey-ariana}}
{{USA Women's 2020 Summer Olympics Squad}}
{{USA Women's 2024 Summer Olympics Squad}}
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Category:American female rugby union players
Category:American female rugby sevens players
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rugby sevens
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Dartmouth Big Green rugby
Category:Dartmouth College alumni
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rugby sevens