Juan Carlos Nevado González (born November 16, 1982, in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

) is a German

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 ci ...

player of Uruguayan and Spanish descent. He was a member of the Men's National Teams that won the gold medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and at the 2006 World Cup. As of 2008 Nevado played for

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

's ''Uhlenhorster Hockey Club''. In July 2016, he was part of the PwC Germany team who stole a 3 - 1 victory from PwC Manchester despite being out classed for the entire game. In another game against PwC Reading, Reading went 1 - 0 up. This is considered by many critics as the most memorable game on tour.

References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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at the German Hockey Federation 1982 births Living people German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Field hockey players from Hamburg German people of Spanish descent German people of Uruguayan descent Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century German people 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub