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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10158957-kochhann-raquel-cristina.htm |title=Raquel Cristina KOCHHANN |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=2015 Pan American Games |access-date=17 July 2016}}</ref> She represented Brazil in Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/news/174251 |title=Rio 2016 hosts Brazil name Olympic squads |last=worldrugby.org |language=en-GB |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817092547/http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/news/174251 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Worthington |first=Sam |date=27 January 2024 |title=Brazil star's incredible return from breast cancer |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/perth-sevens-2024-brazil-player-raquel-kochhann-returns-from-breast-cancer-battle/60e7aceb-a4ed-4491-b596-e0940d51fc76 |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=wwos.nine.com.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2024 |title=Raquel Kochhann to make emotional SVNS return after cancer treatment |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/902239?lang=en |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=www.world.rugby}}</ref> She played in all the SVNS tournaments after Perth until the final competition in Madrid.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brasilrugby.com.br/2024/06/11/brasil-rugby-anuncia-convocadas-para-paris-2024-e-base-de-treinamento-exclusiva-para-os-jogos-olimpicos/ | title=Brasil Rugby anuncia convocadas para Paris 2024 e base de treinamento exclusiva para os Jogos Olímpicos – Confederação Brasileira de Rugby | date=11 June 2024 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brasilrugby.com.br/2024/06/11/brasil-rugby-anuncia-convocadas-para-paris-2024-e-base-de-treinamento-exclusiva-para-os-jogos-olimpicos/ | title=Brasil Rugby anuncia convocadas para Paris 2024 e base de treinamento exclusiva para os Jogos Olímpicos – Confederação Brasileira de Rugby | date=11 June 2024 }}</ref> Kochhann was flag bearer in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with sprint canoeist Isaquias Queiroz.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naturahoy.com/2024/07/isakias-queiroz-y-raquel-cohann-seran-los-abanderados-de-brasil-en-paris-2024/|title=Isakias Queiroz y Raquel Cohann serán los abanderados de Brasil en París 2024.|publisher=Natura.com|language=ES|date=22 July 2024|access-date=22 July 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brasilrugby.com.br/2024/06/29/o-brasil-esta-na-copa-do-mundo-de-rugby-de-2025/ | title=O Brasil está na Copa do Mundo de Rugby de 2025! – Confederação Brasileira de Rugby | date=29 June 2024 }}</ref>
In July 2025, she was subsequently named in Brazil's squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 July 2025 |title=Brazil Name Roster for 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2025/07/28/brazil-name-roster-for-2025-womens-rugby-world-cup/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |website=Americas Rugby News}}</ref><ref name="Brazil">{{cite web |date=28 July 2025 |title=Brasil anuncia lista de convocadas para a primeira participação da história na Copa do Mundo de Rugby XV - Confederação Brasileira de Rugby |trans-title=Brazil announces squad list for its first ever participation in the Rugby World Cup XV |url=https://brasilrugby.com.br/2025/07/28/brasil-anuncia-lista-de-convocadas-para-a-primeira-participacao-da-historia-na-copa-do-mundo-de-rugby-xv/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |website=Brasil Rugby |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{World Rugby Sevens Series player|womens/53603|Raquel Kochhann}} * {{Olympics.com|name=Raquel Kochhann}} * {{Olympedia|name=Raquel Kochhann}} * {{COB profile|raquel-cristina-kochhann|Raquel Kochhann|archive2=20230802041903}} * {{2019 Pan American Games profile|rugby-7/athlete-profile-n1134091-kochhann-raquel-cristina|Raquel Cristina Kochhann}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216030833/https://www.cochabamba2018.bo/deportista/atleta/6123 |date=dmy |title=Raquel Cristina Kochhann at the Cochabamba 2018 South American Games}}
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