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| Full name | Pablo Usoz Ciriza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1968 (age 54) Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pablo Usoz Ciriza [lower-alpha 1] (born 31 December 1968) is a Spanish field hockey player and coach. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also competed at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]
His father Luis Usoz was also an international and Olympic hockey player.
Spain competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to 29, 2004. This nation has competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920. Spain, however, boycotted two editions, the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Spanish Olympic Committee sent the nation's third largest delegation in history to the Games. A total of 317 athletes, 177 men and 140 women, competed in 26 sports.
Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch. 422 competitors, 297 men and 125 women, took part in 195 events in 29 sports.
Matías Enrique Paredes is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Ducilo and the Argentine national team.
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.
Pablo Herrera Allepuz is a Spanish beach volleyball player who has represented his country five times at the Summer Olympics. In 2004 in Athens, he and Javier Bosma won the silver medal. In the 2008 Olympic tournament he teamed up with Raúl Mesa and lost in the round of 16. At the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament, Herrera partnered with Adrián Gavira. The pair lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to eventual champions from Brazil, Alison Ceruti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt. At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Herrera once again played with Gavira, losing to runner-ups from ROC (Russia), Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy.
Rocío Ybarra Solaun is a field hockey defender from Spain, who represented her native country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she was captain.
Silvia Bonastre Peremateu is a field hockey midfield player from Spain, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was also a member of the Spain national team that finished fourth at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, under the guidance of head coach Pablo Usoz. Her sister, Berta Bonastre, still plays for the National Team.
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Spain competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 144 competitors, 133 men and 11 women, took part in 83 events in 16 sports.
Spain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, with a total of 286 athletes and competed in 25 sports.
Twelve national teams competed in the women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in each team. Two reserve players could also be nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official team become injured during the tournament. Official team rosters were released by the FIH on 24 July 2008.
Roc Oliva Isern, also known as "Metra", is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a midfielder or forward for the Spanish national team.
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Pablo Enrique Lombi Etulain is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad. He made his Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Lombi is the older brother of collegae-hockey player Jorge Lombi.
Luis Usoz Quintana was a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was the father of fellow international and Olympic hockey player Pablo Usoz.
Twelve national teams competed in the women's Olympic field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in each squad.
The men's field hockey tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the 17th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 26 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 8 August. All games were played at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa, Spain, located 30 kilometers from Barcelona.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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