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2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 14th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 8–16 July 2006 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Germany won the tournament for the first time after defeating China 3–2 in the final. Teams The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * (Host nation and defending champions) * (Champions of 2004 Summer Olympics) * (Champions of 2002 World Cup) * (Fourth in 2004 Summer Olympics) * (Fifth in 2004 Summer Olympics) * (Sixth in 2004 Summer Olympics) Squads Head coach: Gabriel Minadeo Head coach: Frank Murray Head coach: Kim Chang-Back Head coach: Markus Weise Head coach: Marc Lammers Head coach: Ian Rutledge Umpires Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Chieko Akiyama (JPN) *Judy Barnesby (AUS) *Stella Bartlema (NED) *Ute Conen (GER) *Hu Youfang (CHN) *Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) *Louise Knipe (ENG) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amstelveen
Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages of Bovenkerk and Nes aan de Amstel. In addition, as well as Downtown Amstelveen (Dutch: ''Amstelveen stadshart''), the following neighbourhoods have been recently built: Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen, Middenhoven, Randwijk, Elsrijk and Keizer Karelpark. The name comes from the Amstel, a local river (as does the name Amsterdam) and , meaning fen, peat, or moor. Amstelveen houses the international headquarters of Dutch national airline KLM (although it is slated to leave for Schiphol in 2024) and KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms. The Cobra Museum is also located in Amstelveen. History During the French occupation between 1810 and 1814, Amstelveen was the capital of a canton in the French department Zuy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Aicega
María Magdalena Aicega Amicarelli (born November 1, 1973 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China with the National Team. Magdalena also won the 2002 World Cup, two Champions Trophy, four gold medals at the Pan American Games and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Nicknamed ''Magui'', she first represented her native country at the Junior World Cup in 1993 in Barcelona, Spain, where Argentina won the gold. The following year the penalty corner hitter played for the senior team, finishing second at the World Cup in Dublin, Ireland. She was awarded with the Silver Olimpia Award, the most prestigious local prize awarded by Argentina's Sports Journalists Association, in 1998 and 2003. She was also nominated for the FIH's Best Player of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariné Russo
Mariné Russo (born January 9, 1980 in Quilmes) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who won the bronze medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics with the Argentina national team. Mariné also won two World Cups (2002 and 2010), four Champions Trophy, the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and two Pan American Cups. She is affiliated with Quilmes Atletico Club in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South .... References The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesConfederación Argentina de HockeyOfficial site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation * External links * 1980 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Vukojicic
Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor *Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Italian painter *Paolo Buggiani (born 1933), Italian contemporary artist *Paolo Carosone (born 1941), Italian painter and sculptor *Paolo Moranda Cavazzola (1486–1522), Italian painter *Paolo Farinati (c. 1524–c. 1606), Italian painter *Paolo Fiammingo (c. 1540–1596), Flemish painter *Paolo Domenico Finoglia (c. 1590–1645), Italian painter * Paolo Grilli (1857–1952), Italian sculptor and painter * Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728), Italian painter *Paolo Monaldi, Italian painter *Paolo Pagani (1655–1716), Italian painter * Paolo Persico (c. 1729–1796), Italian sculptor *Paolo Pino (1534–1565), Italian painter * Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724), Italian painter * Paolo Porpora ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florencia D'Elía
Florencia may refer to: Places *Florencia de Benito Juárez, a municipality in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico *Florencia, Caquetá, a town and municipality in the Department of Caqueta, Colombia * Florencia, Cauca, a town and municipality in the Department of Cauca, Colombia *Florencia, Cuba, a municipality and city in the Ciego de Ávila Province of Cuba Other * Florencia (given name), the Spanish variant of Florence (given name) *Florencia, the Spanish name of the Italian city Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ... * Florencia Airport, Bolivia {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María De La Paz Hernández
María "Maripi" de la Paz Hernández (born January 11, 1977, in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was also a member of the Argentinian squad that won the World Cup in 2002 and two Champions Trophy (2001 and 2008). María de la Paz has also two Pan American Games (1999 and 2003) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Her brother is current Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ... rugby star Juan Martín Hernández. References * Profile External links * * 1977 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leo ... [...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] |
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] |
Carla Rebecchi
Carla Rebecchi (born 7 September 1984) 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. After Luciana Aymar retired and Macarena Rodriguez was left out of the national team after the 2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak al ..., she was selected to be the captain. In February 2017 she announced her retirement after 290 matches and 153 goals, and returned after becoming a mother in 3 September 2018. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soledad García
Agustina Soledad "Sole" García (born June 12, 1981) is a retired Argentine field hockey player. She won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The striker was named ''WorldHockey Women's Young Player of the Year'' by the International Hockey Federation twice (2002 and 2004). Soledad also won the World Cup in 2002 and 2010, three Champions Trophy, two gold medals at the 1999 Pan American Games, 2003 Pan American Games, and two Pan American Cups. Since retiring from playing international hockey, Soledad has started coaching and is the assistant coach of the Canada women's national field hockey team. As assistant coach she has attended a number of events including the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an ... [...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] |
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] |
