Full Name: | Raquel Cristina Kochhann |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1992 |
Birth Place: | Saudades, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
Height: | 1.67 m |
Weight: | 66 kg |
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2014–present |
Raquel Cristina Kochhann (born October 6, 1992) is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She competed for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Kochhann won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team.[1] She represented Brazil in Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Kochhann graduated in Physical Education at Universidade Estácio. In 2024, she returned to the Brazilian sevens side for the Women's SVNS Perth tournament after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.[3] [4] She played in all the SVNS tournaments after Perth until the final competition in Madrid. [5]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Kochhann will become the first rugby sevens player from Brazil to play three times the Olympic Games, together with Luiza Campos. [6] Kochhann was flag bearer in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with sprint canoeist Isaquias Queiroz.[7]
In the same year, Kochhann played for the Brazil women's national rugby union team in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifiers when Brazil defeated Colombia to qualify the first time to a Women's Rugby World Cup. [8]