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1999 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 1999 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 7th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 10 and 19 June 1999 in Brisbane, Australia. It was held simultaneously with the men's tournament. This was the last biannual edition of the tournament until 2014 when it returned to its original format due to the introduction of the World League. Australia won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time. Teams The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * (Host nation, defending champions, champions of 1998 World Cup and 1996 Summer Olympics) * (Second in 1998 World Cup) * (Third in 1998 World Cup) * (Fourth in 1998 World Cup) * (Fifth in 1998 World Cup) * (Sixth in 1998 World Cup) Squads *Head Coach: Sergio Vigil #Mariela Antoniska (GK) # Agustina García # Magdalena Aicega # Silvia Corvalán # Anabel Gambero #Ayelén Stepnik #María de la Paz Hernández #Luciana Aymar #Alejandra Gulla # Jorgelina Rimoldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Corvalán
Silvina ("Silvia") Corvalán Mayoral (born October 15, 1973) is a retired female field hockey defender from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ..., after having won the gold medal the previous year at the 1995 Pan American Games. References *sports-reference*santafe de portivo External links * 1974 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Haines (hockey Player)
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca ( Lucas), Mattia ( Matthias), Nicola ( Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Rognoni
María Cecilia Rognoni (born December 1, 1976 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player, who won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH. She is currently playing in the Dutch team HC Bloemendaal in the second division of the Netherlands. Cecilia belongs to the generation that gave rise to the myth of the Las Leonas. She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the Champions Trophy in 2001. In 2005, she was separated from the Argentine national field hockey team by the coach Gabriel Minadeo, after she said that "many of the players have a place on the team just because of their surname". She came back to the team in 2010 under Carlos Retegui coaching but was forced to leave the team due knee injuries. She also played for Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires and HC Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Honours * 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Morello
Natalia may refer to: People * Natalia (given name), list of people with this name * Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980) * Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983) * Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982) Music and film * ''Natalia'' (film), a 1988 French film * "Natalia", a 1981 song by Van Morrison * "Natalia", a Venezuelan Waltz by Antonio Lauro Places * Natalia Republic, a former republic in South Africa * Natalia, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Natalia, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Natalia, Texas Natalia is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,202 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1912 and was named after Natalie Pearson Nicholson, daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson, engineer, designer and builder of ..., a city in Medina County, Texas, United States Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Margalot
María Mercedes "Mechi" Margalot (born June 28, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later, when Athens, Greece hosted The Games, she won the bronze medal with the Argentine squad. Mercedes also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the World Cup in 2002, two Champions Trophy (2001, 2008), three medals at the Pan American Games (1999, 2003, 2007) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Margalot played club hockey in the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ..., first for Oranje Zwart of Eindhoven and then for Push of Breda. External links * * Argentine female f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Vukojicic
Paola Vukojicic ( sr, Paola Vukojičić, Паола Вукојчић; born August 28, 1974) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, the World Cup in 2002, two Champions Trophy (2001, 2008) and two Pan American Games. She started playing the sport at San Isidro Club, and made her debut for Argentina in the 1998 World Hockey Cup in Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net .... External links * * 1974 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Las Leonas players Olympic field hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana González Oliva
Mariana Alejandra González Oliva Gulla (born March 12, 1976 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who twice won a bronze medal with the national women's hockey team at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008, the World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... in 2002, two Champions Trophy (2001) and (2008), two Pan American Games (2003) and (2007) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. External links * The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesConfederación Argentina de HockeyOfficial site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation * Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karina Masotta
Paula Karina Masotta Biagetti (born March 5, 1971 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won the Champions Trophy in 2001, the 2002 World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea an ..., the Pan American Cup in 2001 and three Pan American Games. References External links * 1971 births Argentine people of Italian descent Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Olympic medalists in field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorgelina Rimoldi
Jorgelina Rimoldi Puig (born October 6, 1971) is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ... in Sydney and the Champions Trophy in 2001. References * External links * 1971 births Living people Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandra Gulla
Alejandra Laura Gulla (born July 4, 1977 in Lincoln, Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the bronze medal with the national field hockey team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Gulla also won the 2010 World Cup, four Champions Trophies, and three Pan American Games. Gulla played club hockey for Lomas Athletic Club Lomas (Spanish for "hills"), also called fog oases and mist oases, are areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. About 100 lomas near the Pacific Ocean are identified between 5°S and 30°S latitude, a nort ... in Buenos Aires. References The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesConfederación Argentina de HockeyOfficial site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation * External links * 1977 births Argentine female field hockey players Living people Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana Aymar
Luciana Paula Aymar (; born 10 August 1977) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. She is the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Awards, FIH Player of the Year Award eight times, and she is considered as the best female hockey player of all time. In 2010 she was granted the Platinum Konex Award as the best Hockey player of the last decade in Argentina. Luciana is known for her ability to beat opposing players using her pace and dribbling skills, drawing comparisons with Argentinian Association football, footballer Diego Maradona. For this reason she has received the nicknames "La Maga" ("The Magician") and "The Maradona of Field Hockey". Aymar was the Flag bearer#Olympic, flag bearer for Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the second field hockey athlete being honoured this way after Marcelo Garraffo. Career Luciana started playing at age seven for Club Atlético Fisherton in her native Rosario. She moved to Jockey Club de Rosario six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
