| Date of birth | 6 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marina Fioravanti (born 6 October 1993) is a Brazilian rugby union player. [1] She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]
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Marina Fioravanti (born 6 October 1993) is a Brazilian rugby union player. [1] She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]
Fioravanti represented Brazil at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, they placed eleventh overall. [3] [ citation needed ]
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 the first of two games against Colombia, her side narrowly lost 23–24. [6]
She was named in the Brazilian women's sevens team that will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [7] [8]
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