María Jesús Maldonado Maira (born 13 August 1997) is a Chilean

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player. Maldonado made her international debut for the

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senior team in 2017 at a test series in

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. Maldonado made her junior debut at the 2016 Pan-Am Junior Championship, where the team won a bronze medal. From this tournament, the team qualified for the 2016 Junior World Cup where Maldonado also represented Chile. Maldonado was part of the

team at the 2017 Pan American Cup. At the tournament, the team recorded a historic 4–3 victory over the

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. At the

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, Maldonado represented Chile in the women's hockey tournament where the team won a bronze medal. Her brother,

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, also plays hockey and is a member of the Chilean men's national team.

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1997 births Living people Chilean female field hockey players South American Games bronze medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in field hockey Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Pan American Games competitors for Chile Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Chilean women 21st-century Chilean people Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Chile Pan American Games medalists in field hockey {{Chile-fieldhockey-bio-stub