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Gabriela Sánchez (field Hockey)
Gabriela Edith Sánchez Grossi (born October 27, 1962) is a retired Argentinian field hockey player. She was part of the Argentina national team that competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1996. Sánchez won gold medals at the 1987 and 1995 Pan American Games File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike .... References External links * 1962 births Living people Las Leonas players Argentine female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics 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 1987 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, synthetic field, or indoor boarded surface. The stick is made of wood, carbon fibre, fibreglass, or a combination of carbon fibre and fibreglass in different quantities. The stick has two sides; one rounded and one flat; only the flat face of the stick is allowed to progress the ball. During play, goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with any part of their body. A player's hand is considered part of the stick if holding the stick. If the ball is "played" with the rounded part of the stick (i.e. deliberately stopped or hit), it will result in a penalty (accidental touches ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
