Elisa Giordano
Italian rugby union player and occupational therapist
Elisa Giordano (born 27 July 1990) is an Italian rugby union player. She plays in the Back row for Italy internationally and at club level for Valsugana. She captained Italy at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Rugby career
Coming from various sporting experiences including basketball and handball, Giordano came to rugby at the age of 19 and entered the women's team of Valsugana in Padua, the city where she began her university studies.
In November 2011, she made her international debut for the Italian national team in Nice against France. The following year, she took part in the FIRA European Championship in Rovereto, finishing third behind England and France.
After graduating in occupational therapy in 2013, she was available for selection for the national sevens team that took part in the rugby sevens tournament at the Summer Universiade. Italy won the silver medal, after they were defeated in the final 10–30 by Russia.
She was again present at the Six Nations in 2015 and 2016 with four wins in ten matches that helped Italy qualify for the first time in 15 years for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, in which she took part. At club level, she won three consecutive championships, from 2015 to 2017, with Valsugana, the team of which she is captain.
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