Marianna Tolo

Fast Facts

Sport: Basketball
Event: Women 5x5
Olympic History:  Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020
Year Born:  1989
Born: Mackay, QLD

About Marianna

Contracts with two French clubs - Aix-en-Province and Bourges Basket – followed three successful tournaments at the World University Games: bronze at the 2009, 2011 and 2013 editions.

That led to a move to the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks in 2015 but her season there was cut short with an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury.

The year 2016 dawned brighter as it held Mariana’s Olympic debut with the Opals. She worked hard to get her knee back to full strength and getting on the plane to Brazil was just reward, especially after missing the 2012 London squad.

She has FIBA World Championship bronze medals from 2010 and 2014.

Mariana made the big move from north Queensland to the AIS in 2006 playing with the Institute for three years before a switch to the University of Canberra Capitals – she was named in the WNBL All-Star Five after her 2011 season with the Capitals along with two WNBL crowns (2018-19 and 2019-2020).

After playing overseas she re-joined the club in 2016. As well as being an Opal, Mariana loves working with minerals and gem stones.

Tolo finished the Rio 2016 tournament averaging 7.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.

She was selected for her second Olympics - Tokyo 2020. Drawn in Group C, Australia lost their opening match to Belgium, then suffered a critical two-point loss in their second game against China, going on to win the last match comfortably against Puerto Rico. Australia finished third in their Group resulting in a challenging quarter-final match against the USA, which they lost 55-79, ending their Olympic campaign in eighth place. America would go on to win the gold medal.

Playing in all four games, Tolo spent 75 minutes on court during the tournament. She scored 45 points, shooting at 100% with her 13 free throws. She also had 20 rebounds and seven assists.