Juan Ignacio Gilardi (born 14 November 1981) is an Argentine retired

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player who played as a defender for the Argentine national team. He was part of the Argentine team that won gold in men's field hockey at the

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. Although Gilardi would have liked to have continued playing for the national team in 2019, the head coach

Germán Orozco Germán Mariano Orozco (born 16 January 1976) is an Argentine field hockey defender, who made his debut for the Argentina men's national field hockey team in 1994. He competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summe ...

, told him he would not be selected for the national team anymore. So the

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was his last tournament for the national team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilardi, Juan Ignacio 1981 births Living people Male field hockey defenders Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Argentina South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Competitors at the 2014 South American Games People from San Fernando de la Buena Vista Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province