María Silvina D'Elía (born 25 April 1986) is an

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player. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team. Silvina won the

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, five Champions Trophy, the silver medal at the

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and two Pan American Cups. D'Elía was called up in May 2017 by

Agustín Corradini Agustín Esteban Corradini (born 31 July 1984) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. He was a member of the Argentina men's national field hockey team, national team and in May 2017, after coaching the junior team to a gold medal at the 201 ...

to come back to Las Leonas. She first accepted to join, but two weeks later she declined the offer. Then she was called up by

Carlos Retegui Carlos José Retegui (born 19 December 1969) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who is nicknamed ''Chapa''. He was a member of the National squad from 1989 to 2006 and competed in three Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004). In 2006 he ...

to take part in the 2019 team.

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* * 1986 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Las Leonas players Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mendoza, Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub