Veronica Planella (born November 24, 1963 in

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) is a former

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 ...

player from Canada, Veronica was a 1992 Olympic Games squad member, who later earned several international caps for the Women's Senior National Team. Planella, a resident of

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, represented both Canada and Chile internationally. In 1985 she was named Chilean Athlete of the Year and in 1998-1999 Canadian Most Valuable Player at the National University Championships. She is a Bronze Medalist at the 1995 PanAms Games. After her hockey career she completed a master's degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology and her doctorate in coaching expertise development from the University of Victoria. Planella has worked at the National Coaching Institute and Canadian National Sport Centre, in performance psychology as an educator and strategist, performance analyst and coaching effectiveness researcher. She is also a level 4 Field hockey coach and is a coach education facilitator with the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF). At the present time, Veronica teaches at the University of Victoria and has her practice in performance psychology.

International Senior Tournaments (for Canada)

* 1995 – Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina (3rd) * 1995 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Cape Town, South Africa (7th) * 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Harare, Zimbabwe (11th)

External links

Profile on Field Hockey Canada
1963 births Living people Canadian female field hockey players Chilean emigrants to Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Field hockey players from Victoria, British Columbia Sportspeople from Santiago Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{Chile-sport-bio-stub