Iera Echebarría Fernández (born 20 October 1992) is a Spanish

rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...

player. She also plays for

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. She competed for Spain at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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. She was a member of the Spanish women's sevens squad. She was part of the squad that secured the final Olympic spot for the

Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. Echebarría competed at the

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the eighth and final edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens organised by World Rugby. The 2022 tournament, comprising 24 men's and 16 women's teams as previously, was played over three days in one venue in Sep ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Echebarria, Iera 1992 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 Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby union players from Madrid Spanish female rugby union players 21st-century Spanish sportswomen