Luciano Daniel González Rizzoni[a] (born 10 April 1997) is an Argentine rugby union player. He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. He was named in the Argentina squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] In both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, González was named in the HSBC Sevens Series Dream Team.[3][4]
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| Full name | Luciano Daniel González Rizzoni | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 April 1997 | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb)[1] | ||||||||||
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In 2022, González competed for Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[5] In 2023 he scored his hundredth try for the Argentine 7s team.[6]
As of 22 May 2023, González has played in 249 matches and scored 118 tries for Argentina at the World Rugby Sevens Series.[7]
Personal life
Born in La Rioja, Argentina,[8] he would get up at five in the morning to go to train in La Tablada, Argentina.[9]
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References
External links
- Luciano González at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Luciano González at Olympics.com
- Luciano González at Olympedia
- Luciano González at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
