Marcos Moneta
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Date of birth | 20 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | San Andrés, 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
[edit]Moneta 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 the MVP of the tournament.[7]
Moneta 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]
Moneta competed for Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[13] 03-04 mejor CAMADA DE SRC [14]
He was a member of Argentina's sevens team that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ worldrugby.org. "Argentina - Marcos Moneta (1)". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Rugby Sevens MONETA Marcos". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Marcos Moneta". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Marcos Moneta is feeling on top of the world after award - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Marcos Moneta and Anne-Cecile Ciofani crowned". PlanetRugby. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "results of 2018 Summer Youth Olympics rugby sevens final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "ARN Player of the Week – Marcos Moneta". Americas Rugby News. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "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. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Great Britain vs Argentina - Bronze Medal Match Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Richardson, Charles (28 July 2021). "Argentina snatch men's sevens bronze in narrow victory over Great Britain as Fiji retain gold". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Great Britain miss bronze in rugby sevens after defeat to Argentina". The Independent. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Argentina roster for Rugby World Cup Sevens". Americas Rugby News. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Three Argentines named in World Sevens 2023 Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Argentina Roster for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Americas Rugby News. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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External links
[edit]- Marcos Moneta at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Marcos Moneta at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Marcos Moneta at Olympics.com
- Marcos Moneta at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Marcos Moneta at Olympedia
- Marcos Moneta at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Argentine rugby union players
- Argentine rugby sevens players
- Argentina international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Jaguares (Super Rugby) players
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Argentina
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Argentine rugby union biography stubs