Soledad García Explained

Soledad García
Fullname:Agustina Soledad García
Birth Date:12 June 1981
Birth Place:Córdoba, Argentina
Position:Forward
Currentclub:[Uru Cure Rugby Club]
Clubs1:Rot-Weiss Köln
Clubs2:Universitario de Córdoba
Clubs3:B.H.V. Push
Clubs4:Laren
Clubs5:SCHC
Nationalyears1:1997–2001
Nationalteam1:Argentina U21
Nationalyears2:1999–2011
Nationalteam2:Argentina
Nationalcaps2:231
Updated:October 1, 2010

Agustina Soledad "Sole" García (born June 12, 1981) is a retired Argentine field hockey player. She won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The striker was named WorldHockey Women's Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation twice (2002 and 2004).[1] [2] [3]

Soledad also won the World Cup in 2002 and 2010, three Champions Trophy, two gold medals at the 1999 Pan American Games,[4] 2003 Pan American Games,[5] and two Pan American Cups.

Since retiring from playing international hockey, Soledad has started coaching and is the assistant coach of the Canada women's national field hockey team. As assistant coach she has attended a number of events including the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2000/medal_tracker/current/athletes/31095.html Olympics - Agustina Soledad Garcia
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/hockey/results/3531376.stm Olympics 2004 - Women's hockey results
  3. http://www.worldhockey.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1181-130218-131526-19917-72782-custom-item,00.html Young Women's Player of the Year 2002 - Agustina Garcia
  4. Web site: Field Hockey Canada - 1999 Pan American Games - Women's Rosters . 2005-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051016170252/http://www.fieldhockey.ca/archives/teams/99panam/wroster.html#USA . 2005-10-16 . dead . 2020-03-16.
  5. Web site: Athletics . University of Maryland . U.S. National Field Hockey Team Falls to Argentina in Pan Am Final, 3-1 . University of Maryland Athletics . 2003-08-14 . 2020-03-16.
  6. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games [womens]] ]. Field Hockey Canada . 4 August 2022.