Quinn (formerly Rebecca Quinn; born 11 August 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player and Olympic gold medallist who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club OL Reign and the Canada national team. Quinn previously played professionally for Paris FC in France's top league Division 1 Féminine (D1F), Vittsjö GIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, as well as Washington Spirit in the NWSL. They were the first Canadian to play collegiate soccer at Duke University. Quinn previously represented Canada on the under-17, under-20, under-23 national teams. In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Quinn became the first out, transgender, non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympics, the first to medal, and the first to earn a gold medal. Early life Quinn's father, Bill, was a collegiate rugby player and their mother, Linda, played college basketball. Raised with their three sisters in a sporting family in Toronto, Quinn began playing soccer with a club team at the age of six. An active child, they also swam, played hockey, and skied competitively. In 2010, they were selected for the under-14 provincial team and began playing for the national-level youth program. Quinn attended Havergal College, an independent school where they played varsity volleyball and basketball and earned academic honours all four years. Quinn won the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association (CISAA) Championship in 2011 for volleyball. They were named Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the basketball team in 2010–11 and helped lead the team to the CISAA Championship in 2009 and 2012. During high school, Quinn was also Senior Class Prefect and Co-Head of the Sports Council. During their senior year, Quinn earned the school's Suzanne Curtis Memorial Trophy and was named Athlete of the Year. Quinn played soccer for the Erin Mills Eagles Soccer Club U-15 and U-16 teams and helped the team win the Ontario Provincial championship in 2010 and 2011 and the Canadian National U-16 Club Championship in 2011. The team won silver in 2012. College career Quinn attended Duke University, where they played collegiate soccer for the Duke Blue Devils from 2013 to 2018 and majored in biology. They were the first Canadian to play for the Blue Devils. During their freshman season, Quinn started in four of the seven matches they played. They missed eight games after being injured early in the season. They recorded an assist against the Boston College Eagles. The