Florencia Martina Habif (born 22 August 1993) is an Argentine

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player. Being part of

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's Junior National Team "Las Leoncitas" ("The Baby Lionesses") since 2009 and of the National Team Las Leonas ("The Lionesses") since 2010, she competed in several tournaments, including the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where the team achieved the silver medal, being the team's youngest player. In 2014, she was named the Best Young Player in the world by the International Hockey Federation and has been nomitaded 4 times. Florencia is also a player in the club

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(GEBA) since she was 4 years old. Habif is part of the so-called New Generation of Argentina's Women's Field Hockey.

Sports career

Florencia started to play field hockey at GEBA and then joined Argentina's Junior National Team at the age of 17, achieving the gold medal at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship Tournament in Montevideo,

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then qualifying and earning the silver medal at the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

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. With the Senior National Team, Florencia earned three Champions Trophy, the World League 2014-15, the bronze medal at the

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and two Pan American Cups. She played the Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament at

before her first

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at the age of 19 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

Sponsorship

Ritual

Florencia is sponsored b
Ritual Hockey
joining many other top athletes from around the world.

Nike

Florencia Habif is provided with Nike clothes.

Red Bull

Habif is also sponsored by Red Bull along with some of the best athletes from Argentina and the world.

Awards

* Player of the Tournament at the 2012 Pan American Junior Championship held at Guadalajara,

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. * Revelación de Oro (Gold Revelation) on 2012, at the Fiesta del Deporte ("Party of the Sports") sponsored by Clarín, one of Argentina's main newspapers, due to her performance with the National Team. * Nominated to the Terna Olímpica 2012 at the Premios Olimpia, an award organized by the Círculo de Periodistas de Buenos Aires (Circle of Journalists of Buenos Aires). * 2014 - FIH Young Women Player of the Year.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Habif, Florencia 1993 births Living people Argentine people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Argentine female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Las Leonas players Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Female field hockey defenders Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Mannheimer HC players Feldhockey Bundesliga (Women's field hockey) players Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games