Bradley Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2004 at the Champions Trophy against the Netherlands. He competed for New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where New Zealand narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, losing a shoot out to England. He scored the winning goal against Argentina in the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament.
Matías Enrique Paredes is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Ducilo and the Argentine national team.
Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany was the nation's seventh appearance out of ten editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1936 Summer Olympics its fourth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee of 51 athletes, who competed in 31 events in 8 sports. The flag bearer was Juan Carlos Zabala, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.
Juan Manuel Vivaldi is an Argentine field hockey goalkeeper who plays club hockey in his native country for Banco Provincia. He was a member of the men's national team from 2001 to 2021 and was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South Americans finished in 11th position. Vivaldi was also on the side that ended up fifth at the 2003 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen and won the 2005 Champions Challenge tournament in Alexandria, Egypt. He was part of the Argentine team that finished in 10th position at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The Argentina national field hockey team, represents Argentina in field hockey and is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Mariano Ronconi, who was appointed after Germán Orozco was let go in 2020. The team is currently sixth in the FIH World Rankings.
Spain sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country's delegation consisted of 232 people, including 133 athletes competing in 15 sports. Attending the opening ceremony on September 6 was Infanta Elena, President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Miguel Carballeda, Minister Mercedes Cabrera, and several representatives from the Madrid Olympic Games Bidding Committee.
Rosario Luchetti is an Argentine field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with the Argentina national women's hockey team.
María Noel Barrionuevo is an Argentine field hockey player.
Carla Rebecchi is an Argentine field hockey player who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with the Argentina national field hockey team. In 2010, she won the World Cup in Rosario, Argentina. Carla also won six Champions Trophy, the 2014–2015 World League, three medals at the Pan American Games and two Pan American Cups.
Argentina competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, having missed only three editions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support for the United States-led boycott.
Simon Orchard is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team and has won several medals with them including gold at the 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, gold at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup and gold at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Delfina Merino is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team and the team achieved the silver medal; at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was part of the team that won the silver medal.
Florencia Martina Habif is an Argentine field hockey player. Being part of Argentina's Junior National Team "Las Leoncitas" since 2009 and of the National Team Las Leonas since 2010, she competed in several tournaments, including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where the team achieved the silver medal, being the team's youngest player. In 2014, she was named the Best Young Player in the world by the International Hockey Federation and has been nomitaded 4 times.
Rocío Sánchez Moccia is an Argentine field hockey player. She competed for the Argentina national team and winning the silver medal, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and winning the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ignacio Bergner is an Argentine field hockey player. Has a sister in Mendoza Ingrid Bergner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. Bergner plays in Royal Orée Hockey Club in Brussels.
Agustín Alejandro Mazzilli is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Belgian Hockey League club Braxgata and the Argentine national team.
Lucas Rafael Rossi is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Braxgata and the Argentine national team.
Facundo Callioni is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. Facundo won the bronze medal at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup and the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, having missed only three editions since their 1900 debut: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott. The Argentine Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history, surpassing the record set in London 1948.
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