Natasha Watcham-Roy a grandi \u00e0 Gatineau (Qc) o\u00f9 elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au rugby lorsqu\u2019elle \u00e9tait en deuxi\u00e8me secondaire \u00e0 cause de son grand fr\u00e8re qui pratiquait d\u00e9j\u00e0 ce sport. Apr\u00e8s son secondaire, elle a poursuivi ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa o\u00f9 elle est devenue capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe f\u00e9minine de rugby, les Gee-Gees. Avant de se joindre au programme centralis\u00e9 du Canada, Natasha a jou\u00e9 au rugby de niveau club pour le Hull Volant et de niveau provincial avec Rugby Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n
La jeune femme de 22\u00a0ans poss\u00e8de une bonne exp\u00e9rience internationale en rugby \u00e0 sept puisqu\u2019elle a d\u00e9j\u00e0 repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada trois fois \u00e0 l\u2019occasion des Championnats du monde de rugby \u00e0 sept universitaires (FISU). En 2014, son \u00e9quipe y a gagn\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale pour la premi\u00e8re fois durant la saison\u00a02014-2015 de la S\u00e9rie mondiale de rugby \u00e0 sept f\u00e9minin.<\/p>\n
Natasha a aussi aid\u00e9 le Canada \u00e0 remporter l\u2019or aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de 2015 \u00e0 Toronto en cumulant trois essais durant le tournoi. Plusieurs blessures l\u2019ont emp\u00each\u00e9e de participer \u00e0 la S\u00e9rie mondiale de 2015-2016, mais elle a pu revenir au jeu pour le dernier tournoi de la saison en France. Natasha a fait partie de l’\u00e9quipe canadienne de rugby \u00e0 sept qui a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille de bronze aux Jeux de Rio, en 2016.<\/p>\n
\u00c0\u00a0propos de Natasha<\/strong><\/p>\n Famille\u00a0:<\/strong> Ses parents se nomment Kathryn Watcham et Yvan Roy. Ses fr\u00e8res s\u2019appellent Kris, Keegan et Zachary Watcham. D\u00e9buts\u00a0:<\/strong> Elle est encourag\u00e9e par les exploits de son fr\u00e8re en rugby r\u00e9alis\u00e9s \u00e0 un tout jeune \u00e2ge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Natasha Watcham-Roy a grandi \u00e0 Gatineau (Qc) o\u00f9 elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au rugby lorsqu\u2019elle \u00e9tait en deuxi\u00e8me secondaire \u00e0 cause de son grand fr\u00e8re qui pratiquait d\u00e9j\u00e0 ce sport. Apr\u00e8s son secondaire, elle a poursuivi ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa o\u00f9 elle est devenue capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe f\u00e9minine de rugby, les Gee-Gees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":141970,"template":"","tags":[1104411,336031610,713425,6100,415986959,369142244,20292794],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[23319],"season":[415983968],"sport":[34931681],"game":[415984561,334881982],"team":[415983099,364275902],"event":[181822490],"province":[415983157],"class_list":["post-103319","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-equipe-canada","tag-natasha-watcham-roy","tag-rio-2016","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-a-7","tag-rugby-a-sept-2","tag-toronto-2015","gender-feminin","season-ete","sport-rugby-1","game-2016-rio","game-2015-toronto","team-rio-2016-rugby-a-sept-femmes","team-toronto-2015-rugby-a-sept-femmes","event-equipes-femmes","province-quebec"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jdr1305-crop2.jpg?quality=100","category_names":[],"tag_names":["\u00c9quipe canada","Natasha Watcham-Roy","Rio 2016","rugby","rugby \u00e0 7","rugby \u00e0 sept","Toronto 2015"],"sport_names":[46218],"game_names":["Rio 2016","Toronto 2015"],"season_names":["\u00c9t\u00e9"],"team_names":["Rio 2016 Rugby Femmes","Toronto 2015 Rugby Femmes"],"province_names":["Qu\u00e9bec"],"social_facebook":"","social_twitter":"","social_linkedin":"","social_gplus":"","social_instagram":"","social_website":"","total_medal_count_gold":"","total_medal_count_silver":"","total_medal_count_bronze":"1","athlete_headshot":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/natasha-watcham-roy1.jpg?quality=100","athlete_height":"170","athlete_weight":"67","athlete_hometown":"Gatineau (Qc)","athlete_birthplace":"Ottawa (Ont.)","coc_gracenote_id":"","athlete_dob":"April 28, 1992","athlete_age":34,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/103319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/athletes"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/103319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141969,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/103319\/revisions\/141969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"hof-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hof-categories?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"year-inducted","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year-inducted?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/game?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=103319"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=103319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}