Garrett Bender
USA sevens forward and member of the twelve-man team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Archive era · 2010s
OMBAC club record
2010sPlayer
USA RUGBYSenior sevens player · Flanker / Forward
Club record & sources
These are recorded seasons and roles; they may not cover the person’s full time at the club.
Career résumé
Flanker / Forward · USA rugby
USA sevens
- World Series documented baseline
24 documented Series tournaments. Source ↗
- Pan American Games, Toronto 2015
Named try scorer in the bronze-medal match against Uruguay. Source ↗
- NACRA Sevens Championships 2015
USA Rugby explicitly says Bender played all nine Series events and won this separate qualifying tournament. Source ↗
- Rio Olympic Games 2016
Opening-match report describes his run and involvement in the USA try against Argentina. Source ↗
The OMBAC affiliation
USA Rugby’s national high-performance camp table explicitly lists OMBAC as his club.
Published OMBAC evidence.
Photograph provenance
Garrett Bender, far right · USA Olympic portrait, June 22, 2016 · Jay L. Clendenin / JLC Visuals / Los Angeles Times
The national record
- USA sevens tournaments
- 27+ documented minimum
National service & the OMBAC connection
Garrett Bender represented the USA in sevens and competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Team USA records his earlier Pan American Games bronze medal and Minneapolis rugby background. A named portrait by Jay L. Clendenin shows Bender at far right with Folau Niua, Danny Barrett and Martin Iosefo in June 2016, shortly before their Olympic tournament.
Photographs
