María José Granatto (born 21 April 1995) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a forward for Argentine club and the Argentina national team. She is the younger sister of Argentina's hockey player and teammate Victoria Granatto. She was part of the Argentine team at the

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in Rio de Janeiro and won the silver medal at the

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Career

Her first gold medal with Argentina ( Las Leonas) was in the

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the second edition of women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in June 2014 in Singapore and finished in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina. The Semifinals of thi ...

. Then, she was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy. Later, she won a gold medal at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

, and also at the 2023 Games. She was part of the national squad that won the 2022 Pan American Cup, being elected as the best player of the tournament. In 2022 she also won the 2021-22 Hockey Pro League and the silver medal at the

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. In 2024, she won the bronze medal with ''Las Leonas'' at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. On club level she plays for Club Santa Bárbara in Argentina. At the 2016 and 2017 Hockey Stars Awards she won the FIH Rising Star of the Year.

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