Amanda Carolina Gomes de Araújo[1] (born February 23, 1990) is a Brazilian rugby union player.

Amanda Araújo
Full nameAmanda Carolina Gomes de Araújo
Date of birth (1990-02-23) February 23, 1990 (age 34)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2023 Brazil (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
Brazil
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Brazil
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Team competition

Rugby career edit

Araújo was selected as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

In July 2023, she was named in Brazil's fifteens team to play Colombia for a spot in the inaugural WXV competition.[4][5] She started in her sides 23–24 loss to Colombia in their first of two games.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Amanda Carolina Gomes De Araújo". Cochabamba2018.bo. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  2. ^ "ARAUJO Amanda". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  3. ^ "Rugby Sevens at the 2016 Olympics in Rio". Planetrugby.com. 2016-08-03. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  4. ^ "Brasil viaja à Colômbia por vaga no WXV". Americas Rugby News. 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  5. ^ Ramalho, Victor (2023-06-29). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina de Rugby XV viaja à Colômbia por vaga no WXV, a nova liga mundial". brasilrugby.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  6. ^ "Colombia down Brazil to go one step closer to WXV". Americas Rugby News. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-08.

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