Beatrice Rigoni
 Rigoni during Italy's Six Nations match against Scotland in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.70 m (5.6 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (10.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tito Livio School, Padua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Ferrara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beatrice Rigoni (born 1 August 1995) is an Italian rugby union player who plays centre and winger for Sale Sharks and Italy.
Sporting career
[edit]Beatrice Rigoni was born on 1 August 1995.[1] She began playing rugby at the age of six, alongside her brothers, for the youth team of Petrarca Rugby in Padua, Italy. She continued to play for them until she turned 12, at which point she was no longer able to take part as mixed teams were not run above that age. She then moved to Valsugana Rugby Padova where she was a member of two under-16s championship teams and was named to the adult first team. While she was still attending the Tito Livio School in Padua, she was named to the Italy women's national rugby union team for the 2014 Women's Six Nations Championship at the age of 18.[2] She made her international debut in the 12-11 defeat over Wales, the first match of the tournament for both teams.[3]
She continued to play for club and country while attending the University of Ferrara where she is studying to be a pharmacist.[4] Rigoni played for Italy at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] According to her biography on the Six Nations website, Rigoni is 1.70 metres (5.6 ft) tall and weighs 69 kilograms (10.9 st).[5]
Rigoni was selected in Italy's squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[6][7]
In July 2023, it was announced that Rigoni would join Sale Sharks Women for the 2023–24 Premiership Women's Rugby season.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Beatrice Rigoni". Women's Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Beatrice, 18 anni, prima in azzurro al Sei Nazioni femminile". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 27 January 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Rugby, Sei Nazioni donne: l'Italrugby rosa riscatta gli azzurri, Galles ko". Repubblica (in Italian). 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Un trionfo nel trionfo per Beatrice Rigoni. La ventenne trequarti del Valsugana". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 23 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Beatrice Rigoni". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Shepard, Kit (2022-10-09). "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup 2022 Squad". news.gerona.ca. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Rigoni To Join Sharks Women". Sale Sharks. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Rugby union players from Padua
- University of Ferrara alumni
- Italian female rugby union players
- Italy women's international rugby union players
- European Games competitors for Italy
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games
- Italian expatriate rugby union players in England
- Italian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby league players in England
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Sale Sharks Women players
- People from Abano Terme
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen