Rosario Luchetti (born 4 June 1984) is an

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player, who won the bronze medal at the

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and the silver medal at the

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with the Argentina national women's hockey team. ''Charito'', as she is known, emerged from the youths of the

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and debuted in Las Leonas (Argentina national field hockey team) at the 2005 Champions Trophy. In the course of her career, she won medals at major tournaments of international field hockey, such as the bronze medal at the

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in Beijing, the silver medal at the

in London, the

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Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

, Argentina, the gold medal at the 2006 ODESUR Games and

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, five Champions Trophy and two Pan American Cups, among others.

References

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''Confederación Argentina de Hockey'' (Official site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation)

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* * * 1984 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Las Leonas players Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Argentine people of Italian descent Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for 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 Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub