Ilona Maher
American rugby player
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| 2025 | Ilona Maher is set to begin playing for Bristol Bears in the Premiership Women's Rugby league. |
| 2024 | Ilona Maher was announced as a brand ambassador for Secret deodorant and co-founded a skincare brand called Medalist. |
| 2024 | Ilona Maher won a bronze medal with the United States in rugby sevens at the 2024 Paris Olympics. |
| December 2024 | She was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. |
| December 2024 | Maher signed a three-month deal with Bristol Bears in the Premiership Women's Rugby league in England, officially starting her contract in January 2025. |
| November 26 2024 | Maher and her partner Alan Bersten finished as runners-up in the finale of Dancing with the Stars, behind Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson. |
| September 2024 | Ilona Maher was announced as one of the celebrities competing on season 33 of Dancing with the Stars, being the first rugby player and the first female partner to lift her male partner. |
| August 2024 | Ilona Maher posed for the cover of the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. |
| July 2024 | Maher threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game. |
| 2023 | Maher suffered a severe injury during training, dislocating her tibia and breaking her fibula, but managed to return in time to help Team USA win gold at the Pan American Games. |
| 2022 | Maher represented the United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, helping the national team reach the semifinals. |
| 2020 | Ilona Maher represented the United States at the Tokyo Olympics. |
| 2018 | Nominated again for the MA Sorensen Award and named Most Outstanding Player at the NIRA Championships. |
| 2018 | Maher made her debut with the USA Rugby World Cup Sevens team at a Women's SVNS tournament in Paris. |
| 2018 | Ilona Maher graduated from Quinnipiac University with a bachelor's degree in nursing. |
| 2018 | Ilona Maher made her debut representing the United States national rugby team. |
| 2017 | Ilona Maher received the MA Sorensen Award, given to the nation's top collegiate women's rugby player. |
| 2014 | During the spring of her senior year at Burlington High School, Maher transitioned from softball to rugby after being encouraged by her father. |
| 2013 | Took up rugby at age 17, beginning her rugby career. |
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