Pasquale "Pat" Caruso (born June 30, 1963 in

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) is a former

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player. Caruso participated in two consecutive

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for

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, starting in

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. After having finished in tenth position in

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, the resident of

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ended up in eleventh place with the Men's National Team in the Seoul Games.

International senior competitions

* 1984 –

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, Los Angeles (10th) * 1988 –

, Seoul (11th)

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* * * * 1963 births Living people Canadian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Canada Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Field hockey players at the 1987 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Calgary Italian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub