Marcos Moneta Explained

Marcos Moneta
Birth Date: df=y 20 March 2000
Birth Place:San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:1850NaN0
Weight:750NaN0
Position:Fullback
Amatyears1:2018−
Amatteam1:San Andrés
Amatapps1:5
Repsevensteam1:Argentina
Repsevensyears1:2018–2024
Repupdate:27 July 2021
Repteam1:Argentina U20
Repyears1:2018
Ru Sevensupdate:27 July 2021

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. Moneta received World Rugby's Men's Sevens Player of the Year award for 2021.[4] [5]

Career

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: worldrugby.org . Argentina - Marcos Moneta (1) . 27 July 2021 . www.world.rugby.
  2. Web site: Rugby Sevens MONETA Marcos . 27 July 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727095938/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rugby-sevens/athlete-profile-n1362763-moneta-marcos.htm . dead.
  3. Web site: Marcos Moneta . 27 July 2021 . www.ultimaterugby.com . en.
  4. Web site: worldrugby.org . Marcos Moneta is feeling on top of the world after award - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series . 18 December 2021 . www.world.rugby.
  5. Web site: 9 December 2021 . Marcos Moneta and Anne-Cecile Ciofani crowned . 18 December 2021 . PlanetRugby . en.
  6. Web site: results of 2018 Summer Youth Olympics rugby sevens final . 27 July 2021 . 20 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011857/https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/resYOG2018/pdf/YOG2018/RUG/YOG2018_RUG_C73_RUGMTEAM7-------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead.
  7. Web site: 3 March 2021 . ARN Player of the Week – Marcos Moneta . 27 July 2021 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
  8. Web site: 6 July 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Men's sevens squads . . 19 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Without the crowd's roar, Tokyo Olympians search for spirit . 27 July 2021 . The New Indian Express . 27 July 2021.
  10. Web site: Rugby Sevens - Great Britain vs Argentina - Bronze Medal Match Results . dead . 28 July 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . 29 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210729003901/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games//en/results/rugby-sevens/results-men-fnl-000200-.htm.
  11. News: Richardson . Charles . 28 July 2021 . Argentina snatch men's sevens bronze in narrow victory over Great Britain as Fiji retain gold . en-GB . The Telegraph . 28 July 2021 . 0307-1235.
  12. Web site: 28 July 2021 . Great Britain miss bronze in rugby sevens after defeat to Argentina . 28 July 2021 . The Independent . en.
  13. Web site: 20 August 2022 . Argentina roster for Rugby World Cup Sevens . 18 September 2022 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
  14. Web site: 21 May 2023 . Three Argentines named in World Sevens 2023 Dream Team . 22 May 2023 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
  15. Web site: 28 June 2024 . Argentina Roster for Paris 2024 Olympic Games . live . 25 July 2024 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2024 . Argentina - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024 . live . 26 July 2024 . www.world.rugby.

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