Paula Harumi Ishibashi (born February 14, 1985) is a Brazilian

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player. She is the current captain of Brazil's women's sevens team and will be leading them at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ishibashi was introduced to rugby sevens through friends and has been a veteran of the team for 10 years. In 2013, she was awarded the Athlete of the Year Award by the

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. In 2015, she also was awarded the best Rugby Player of 2015 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. She won a bronze medal at the

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as a member of the Brazil women's rugby sevens team.

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* 1985 births Living people Brazilian female rugby union players Brazilian female rugby league players Brazil international rugby sevens players Brazil women's national rugby league team players Female rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Brazil international women's rugby sevens players Brazilian rugby sevens players {{Brazil-rugbyunion-bio-stub