Mariana Alejandra González Oliva Gulla (born March 12, 1976, in

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) is an

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retired

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player, who twice won a bronze medal with the national women's hockey team at the

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in 2004 and 2008, the

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in 2002, two

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(2001) and (2008), two

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(2003) and (2007) and the Pan American Cup in 2001.

External links

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The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Confederación Argentina de Hockey
Official site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation * Living people Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Field hockey players from Buenos Aires 1976 births Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in field hockey Pan American Games field hockey players for Argentina SCHC players Argentine expatriate field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2003 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportswomen {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub