Fred Asselin | |
Full Name: | Frédérick Carl Asselin |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1973 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Canada |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
Weight: | 175 lb |
Relatives: | Nadine Rolland (wife) |
Position: | Winger |
Repyears1: | 1999–02 |
Repcaps1: | 15 |
Reppoints1: | 15 |
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]