Paola Vukojicic ( sr, Paola Vukojičić, Паола Вукојчић; born August 28, 1974) is a retired

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 ...

goalkeeper from

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, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the

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in Sydney, the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, the

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in 2002, two Champions Trophy (2001, 2008) and two Pan American Games. She started playing the sport at

San Isidro Club San Isidro Club (mostly known for its acronym SIC) is an Argentine sports club based in the Boulogne Sur Mer district of Greater Buenos Aires. The club has gained recognition due to its rugby union team, being one of the most successful clubs o ...

, and made her debut for

in the 1998

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* * 1974 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Argentine people of Serbian descent Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub