Jimena García | |
Full Name: | Jimena García López |
Birth Date: | 2003 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Uruguay |
Height: | 164cm |
Weight: | 57kg |
Position: | Defence |
Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
Nationalteam1: | Uruguay U–21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2021–2023 |
Nationalteam2: | Uruguay |
Nationalcaps2: | 31 |
Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
Jimena García López (born 27 July 1999)[1] is a Uruguayan field hockey player, who plays as a defender.[2]
In 2021, García captained the Uruguay U–21 at the 2021 Pan American Junior Championship in Santiago, Chile, where she won a silver medal.[3] [4] [5]
García made her senior international debut for Las Cimarronas in 2018, at the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba.[3]
Throughout her career she has medalled with the national team twice, winning medals at the 2018 and 2022 editions of the South American Games. She won silver in Cochabamba in 2018, and bronze in Asunción in 2022.[6] [3]
In 2023 she was named in the squad for her second Pan American Games in Santiago, having represented Uruguay in 2019 in Lima.[7] [8] [9]