Claudia Inés Burkart (born February 22, 1980 in

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) is a

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player from

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who won the bronze medal with the

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at the

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and at the

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. Claudia has also won two

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(2002, 2010), four Champions Trophy (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010), two gold medals at the

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(2003, 2007) and two Pan American Cups. She first retired from the national team in 2010, but because of the big changes in the 2015 squad,

Santiago Capurro Santiago Capurro (born 8 April 1975) is an Argentine former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was Carlos Retegui's assistant during his two periods as coach of the Argentina women's ...

called her in again to bring an experienced player to the team. Despite this, she was injured before competing for 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final and was not able to compete.

References

Confederación Argentina de Hockey
Official site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation *

External links

* Living people 1980 births Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Argentine people of German descent Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey B Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub