Amanda Araújo
{{Short description|Brazilian rugby union player (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| full_name = Amanda Carolina Gomes de Araújo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|2|23}}
| birth_place =
| height = 1.62 m
| weight = 54 kg
| ru_position =Centre
| repyears1 =2023
| repteam1 =Brazil
| repcaps1 =
| reppoints1 =0
| ru_sevensnationalyears1 =
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = {{nowrap|Brazil}}
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 =
| medals =
{{MedalSport|Women's rugby sevens}}
{{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|South American Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Cochabamba|Team competition}}
}}
Amanda Carolina Gomes de Araújo{{cite web |title=Amanda Carolina Gomes De Araújo |url=https://www.cochabamba2018.bo/deportista/atleta/6073#/ficha/6073 |website=Cochabamba2018.bo |access-date=2018-11-24}} (born February 23, 1990) is a Brazilian rugby union player.
Rugby career
Araújo was selected as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/amanda-araujo |title=ARAUJO Amanda |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=2016-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806075234/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/amanda-araujo |archivedate=2016-08-06 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetrugby.com/news/rugby-sevens-at-the-2016-olympics-in-rio/ |title=Rugby Sevens at the 2016 Olympics in Rio |date=2016-08-03 |website=Planetrugby.com |language=en-US |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806054839/http://www.planetrugby.com/news/rugby-sevens-at-the-2016-olympics-in-rio/ |archive-date=2016-08-06 |url-status=live }}
In July 2023, she was named in Brazil's fifteens team to play Colombia for a spot in the inaugural WXV competition.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-02 |title=Brasil viaja à Colômbia por vaga no WXV |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2023/07/02/brasil-viaja-a-colombia-por-vaga-no-wxv/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ramalho |first=Victor |date=2023-06-29 |title=Seleção Brasileira Feminina de Rugby XV viaja à Colômbia por vaga no WXV, a nova liga mundial |url=https://brasilrugby.com.br/2023/06/29/selecao-brasileira-feminina-de-rugby-xv-viaja-a-colombia-por-vaga-no-wxv-a-nova-liga-mundial/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=brasilrugby.com.br |language=pt-BR}} She started in her sides 23–24 loss to Colombia in their first of two games.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=Colombia down Brazil to go one step closer to WXV |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2023/07/05/colombia-down-brazil-to-go-one-step-closer-to-wxv/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{COB profile|amanda-carolina-gomes-de-araujo|Amanda Araújo|archive2=20230811035135}}
{{Brazil Women's 2016 Summer Olympics Squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Amanda}}
Category:Brazil international rugby sevens players
Category:Olympic rugby sevens players for Brazil
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Category:South American Games medalists in rugby sevens
Category:Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
Category:Brazilian female rugby union players
Category:Brazil international women's rugby sevens players
Category:Brazilian rugby sevens players
Category:Brazil women's international rugby union players
Category:21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
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