María "Maripi" de la Paz Hernández (born January 11, 1977, in

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) is a retired

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player from

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

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and bronze medal at both the

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in Athens and

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in Beijing. She was also a member of the Argentinian squad that won the

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in 2002 and two

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tournaments (2001 and 2008). María de la Paz has also two

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(1999 and 2003) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Her brother is the current

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star

Juan Martín Hernández Juan Martín Hernández (born 7 August 1982) is an Argentine retired rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team '' The Pumas''. He played for the club Toulon in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought ...

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* 1977 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players 21st-century Argentine sportswomen Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players for 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 Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Field hockey players from Buenos Aires 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 gold medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub