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Ilona Maher

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Ilona Delsing Rosa Maher, born on 12 August 1996 in Burlington, Vermont, is an American professional rugby union player who took up the sport at seventeen. She won three National Intercollegiate Rugby Association championships with Quinnipiac University, where she graduated in nursing in 2018, and received the MA Sorensen Award as the top collegiate women's player in 2017. After debuting for the United States in 2018 she played rugby sevens at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won a bronze medal. In December 2024 she signed with the Bristol Bears of the English Premiership Women's Rugby. She is also known as an online personality and an advocate for body positivity.

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1996 1
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1 1
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is an American professional rugby union player
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1. Ilona Maher (Wikipedia)
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    born August 12, 1996
  • Lead, Olympic medals
    2024 Paris Olympics, where she won bronze
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American professional rugby union player
  • Plays: Rugby Union, Lead, plays rugby union
    is an American professional rugby union player
  • Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2020 Olympics
    2020 Tokyo Olympics
  • Competed In: 2024 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2024 Olympics
    2024 Paris Olympics
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