Raquel Kochhann
| Full name | Raquel Cristina Kochhann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saudades, Santa Catarina, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raquel Cristina Kochhann (born 6 October 1992) is a Brazilian rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Rugby career
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 became 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 for the first time to a Women's Rugby World Cup.[8]
In July 2025, she was subsequently named in Brazil's squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Raquel Cristina KOCHHANN". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Rio 2016 hosts Brazil name Olympic squads". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Worthington, Sam (27 January 2024). "Brazil star's incredible return from breast cancer". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Raquel Kochhann to make emotional SVNS return after cancer treatment". www.world.rugby. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Brasil Rugby anuncia convocadas para Paris 2024 e base de treinamento exclusiva para os Jogos Olímpicos – Confederação Brasileira de Rugby". 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Brasil Rugby anuncia convocadas para Paris 2024 e base de treinamento exclusiva para os Jogos Olímpicos – Confederação Brasileira de Rugby". 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Isakias Queiroz y Raquel Cohann serán los abanderados de Brasil en París 2024" (in Spanish). Natura.com. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "O Brasil está na Copa do Mundo de Rugby de 2025! – Confederação Brasileira de Rugby". 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Brazil Name Roster for 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup". Americas Rugby News. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Brasil anuncia lista de convocadas para a primeira participação da história na Copa do Mundo de Rugby XV - Confederação Brasileira de Rugby" [Brazil announces squad list for its first ever participation in the Rugby World Cup XV]. Brasil Rugby (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
External links
- Raquel Kochhann at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Raquel Kochhann at Olympics.com
- Raquel Kochhann at Olympedia
- Raquel Kochhann at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (archived) (in Portuguese)
- Raquel Cristina Kochhann at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archived, alternate link)
- Raquel Cristina Kochhann at the Cochabamba 2018 South American Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 December 2018)