Admir Cejvanovic

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

Admir Cejvanovic

Date of birth	(1990-06-26) June 26, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Velika Kladuša, Bosnia
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	109 kg (240 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–18 Canada 12 (10)
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team competition 2019 Lima Team competition

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

• List of Canada national rugby union players