Gabriel Minadeo Ramírez (born July 27, 1967) is a male former

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 ...

player from

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 ...

. He competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996). At his last appearance (1996) Minadeo finished in eighth place with the

Argentina men's national field hockey team The Argentina national field hockey team, ( es, Selección masculina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina, links=no) represents Argentina in field hockey and is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Mariano R ...

. Later, he became an assistant in the staff guided by

Sergio Vigil Sergio Vigil (born 11 August 1965 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former field hockey player, who later became a coach in his sport. In 1997 he was appointed as the head coach of the Argentine Women's Team, that won the silver medal at the 2000 ...

during all of his period as coach of the

Argentina women's national field hockey team The Argentina women's national field hockey team ( es, Selección femenina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina, links=no) is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Fernando Ferrara, who was appointed after C ...

. In 2005 he was appointed coach himself after Vigil resigned. Minadeo coached ''Las Leonas'' to bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

. Under his guidance, the national squad also won the gold medal at the 2008 Champions Trophy, silver medal at the 2007 Champions Trophy, the gold medal at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C ...

and at the 2009 Pan American Cup. In 2015, he was appointed as coach once again after

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 ...

resigned. Under his guidance, ''Las Leonas'' won the 2014–15 Hockey World League and 2016 Hockey Champions Trophy.

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* 1967 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Argentine field hockey coaches Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Field hockey players at the 1987 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub