Paula Ishibashi
| Date of birth | February 14, 1985 | ||||||||
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| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | ||||||||
| Sevens national teams | |||||||||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | |||||||
| Brazil | |||||||||
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Paula Harumi Ishibashi (born February 14, 1985) is a Brazilian female rugby union player. She is the current captain of Brazil's women's sevens team and will be leading them at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ishibashi was introduced to rugby sevens through friends and has been a veteran of the team for 10 years.[2] In 2013 she was awarded the Athlete of the Year Award by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.[3] In 2015 she also was awarded the best Rugby Player of 2015 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.[4]
She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Brazil women's rugby sevens team.[5]
References
- ↑ "Rio 2016 hosts Brazil name Olympic squads". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ↑ Pickup, Oliver (22 February 2016). "Brazil star Paula Ishibashi's Q and A before Sao Paulo". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ↑ Davis, Karlla (10 January 2013). "Brazilian rugger Paula Ishibashi nominated as rugby athlete of the year in Brazil". scrumhalfconnection.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ↑ News, Americas Rugby (2015-11-25). "Paula Ishibashi Elected Best Athlete by Brazilian Olympic Committee". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ↑ "Paula Harumi ISHIBASHI". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
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