Juan ("Juantxo") de Dios García-Mauriño Sanchís (born 11 March 1964 in

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) is a former

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player from

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. He won the silver medal with the men's national team at the

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, Georgia. He is an architect and accomplished writer that has published a series of articles in local journals about sports that provide a glimpse behind the scenes with a particular sense of humour.

References

Spanish Olympic Committee

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* 1964 births Living people Spanish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Spain Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Barcelona Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub