Admir Cejvanovic Explained

Admir Cejvanovic
Birth Date:26 June 1990
Birth Place:Velika Kladuša, Bosnia
Height:181 cm
Weight:109 kg
Position:No. 8
Repyears1:2016–18
Repcaps1:12
Reppoints1:10

Admir Cejvanovic (born June 26, 1990) is a Bosnian-born Canadian international rugby union player.[1]

Biography

Born in Velika Kladuša, Cejvanovic was displaced during the Bosnian War and spent time in a United Nations refugee camp on the border with Croatia, then over the border in the town of Pula, before moving to Canada with his mother Rahmana at the age of four, having been sponsored by a church.[2] They settled in Burnaby, British Columbia.[3]

Cejvanovic began playing rugby aged 13 at his hometown club Burnaby and got his first international call up in 2014 during the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[4] He was a gold medalist for Canada in rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, made possible by his match-winning try in the semi-final against the United States.[5] From 2016 to 2018, Cejvanovic was a member of the Canada XVs, playing mostly as a number eight.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Cejvanovic collects international rugby cap . Burnaby Now . November 16, 2016 . en.
  2. News: Johnston . Patrick . Admir Cejvanovic: 'My number one goal was to make a positive impact' . . November 18, 2016.
  3. News: Clipperton . Joshua . ’Like winning the lottery’: Rugby refugee Admir Cejvanovic on finding a life in Canada . The Province . February 17, 2017.
  4. News: Lane . Conor . Bosnian refugee hopes to make Olympic history . . March 25, 2016 . en.
  5. News: Chasing gold on the yellow brick road . . July 30, 2015 . en.
  6. Web site: McGrath Announces Team For Sydney And Hamilton . . en . January 17, 2018.