Sofia Walbaum (born 18 May 1989) is a Chilean

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player. Walbaum has represented

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

at both junior and senior levels. She made her junior debut at the 2005 Pan-Am Junior Championship, and her senior debut one year later in 2006. Her first major tournament was the

2006 South American Games The VIII South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held from 9 to 19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some events taking place in Mar del Plata (canoeing, ...

. Walbaum was instrumental in

's success at the 2017 Pan American Cup, scoring 2 goals in her team's campaign. The team ultimately lost to

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4–1 in the final.

References

1989 births Living people Chilean female field hockey players South American Games silver medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games bronze medalists for Chile Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Chilean women 21st-century Chilean women Place of birth missing (living people) {{Chile-fieldhockey-bio-stub