Ignacio Horacio Ortiz (born 26 July 1987) is an Argentine

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 who plays as a midfielder for Banco Provincia. He competed in the field hockey competition at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where he won the gold medal. He played club hockey for

Real Club de Polo de Barcelona Real Club de Polo de Barcelona ( en, Barcelona Royal Polo Club) is a country club in Barcelona, Spain. Established in 1897, it had 9000 members at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Normally used for polo, field hockey, tennis, squash, and swimm ...

in Spain. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

. They won the gold medal by defeating

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5–2 in the final.

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* Living people 1987 births Argentine male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Male field hockey midfielders Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub