Mercedes Batidor Llabrés, also known as Merche Batidor, (born 21 July 1972 Palma de Mallorca ) is a Spanish rugby union player. [1]

Career

She started practicing rugby with INEFC Lleida and later played at Rugby Club l'Hospitalet,[2][3] where she won three Cope de la Reina (1997, 1998 and 2002) and five Catalan Championships .

She competed with the Catalan and Spain women's national rugby union teams, with which she played forty-seven international matches between 1995 and 2002, and of which she was captain. She won the 1995 FIRA Women's European Championship,[4] and participated in different editions of the Six Nations Tournament. She also participated in the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup,[5][6][7][8] retiring at the end of that season.

She received the bronze medal of the Spanish Rugby Federation in 2000. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mercedes Batidor Llabrés | enciclopedia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Scotland v. Spain" (PDF). ferugby.es. 18 March 2001.
  3. ↑ "'Las Leonas': la capitana de rugby que vivió una época en la que ellos dormían en hotel y ellas en albergue". El Español (in Spanish). 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  4. ↑ Simon, Lluís. "Les pioneres a Europa – 18 set 2013". L'Esportiu de Catalunya (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  5. ↑ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  6. ↑ "The story of the 2002 World Cup". Scrum Queens. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  7. ↑ "Women's World Cup Preview". ESPN.com. 2002-05-09. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  8. ↑ "Women's game hits the spotlight". 2002-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  9. ↑ "RECOMPENSAS HONORIFICAS RECIBIDAS POR LA FEDERACION INTERNACIONAL DE RUGBY (I.R.B.)" (PDF). ferugby.es.
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