Marcos Moneta
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| Date of birth | 7 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcos Moneta (born 7 March 2000) is an Argentine rugby sevens player.[1][2][3] He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] Moneta received World Rugby's Men’s Sevens Player of the Year award for 2021.[4][5]
Career[]
He represented Argentina at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and was part of the Argentine team which defeated France 24-14 in the final to claim the gold medal in the boys rugby sevens tournament.[6] He was also named in Argentine senior rugby sevens squad for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. In 2021, he scored a hattrick of tries in a match against Kenya in the final of the Mi Visión del Juego final and was also adjudged as the MVP of the tournament.[7]
He was also selected to Argentina squad to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's rugby sevens tournament.[8][9] He was also subsequently part of the Argentine side which claimed bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 17-12 in the third place match at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10][11] It was also the first ever Olympic medal for Argentina in rugby sevens.[12]
References[]
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Argentina - Marcos Moneta (1) | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ a b "Rugby Sevens MONETA Marcos - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Marcos Moneta". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Marcos Moneta is feeling on top of the world after award - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "Marcos Moneta and Anne-Cecile Ciofani crowned". PlanetRugby. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ results of 2018 Summer Youth Olympics rugby sevens final
- ^ "ARN Player of the Week – Marcos Moneta". Americas Rugby News. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Men's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Without the crowd's roar, Tokyo Olympians search for spirit". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Great Britain vs Argentina - Bronze Medal Match Results". .. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ Richardson, Charles (2021-07-28). "Argentina snatch men's sevens bronze in narrow victory over Great Britain as Fiji retain gold". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Great Britain miss bronze in rugby sevens after defeat to Argentina". The Independent. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
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