Joana Bolling (born 6 April 1995) is an Argentine

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who plays as a left wing for Spanish club Elche Mustang and the Argentina women's national team. She was selected to represent Argentina at the

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. Bolling has grown up in La Punta,

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. In 2016, she donated one of her kidneys to her father, former basketball player Elnes Bolling, who is originally from the

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and has developed most of his playing career in Argentina. Her mother is of Italian descent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolling, Joana 1995 births Living people Argentine female handball players People from Uruguay Department Argentine people of United States Virgin Islands descent Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate handball players Sportspeople from Entre Ríos Province