Patricia García (born 2 December 1989) is a Spanish

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She competed for the Spanish women's national rugby sevens team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. She has played in 89 matches in the Women's Sevens Series and amassed over 300 points. García was in the squad that played for the last qualifying spot for the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. She was also named in Spain's squad for the

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. She played provincially at the top flight of Spanish rugby for Olimpico Pozuelo, before moving to the newly established

Exeter Chiefs Women Exeter Chiefs Women are a professional women's rugby union team based in Exeter, Devon, England. They were founded in 2019 to take part in the Premier 15s, the top level of English women's rugby. They are based at Sandy Park and are affiliated t ...

, in the English top flight league, the

Premier 15s The Premier 15s, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Allianz Premier 15s, is the top tier of the women's English rugby union domestic league system run by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The league was created mainly from teams in t ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Patricia 1989 births Living people Spain international women's rugby union players Spain international women's rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Spain Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from the Community of Madrid People from San Lorenzo de El Escorial Spanish female rugby union players Exeter Chiefs Women players Spanish expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in England Spanish rugby sevens players Female rugby sevens players Barbarian F.C. Women players