María José Granatto

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María José Granatto

María José Granatto (born 21 April 1995) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a forward for Argentine club Santa Bárbara Hockey Club [es] and the Argentina national team. She is the younger sister of Argentina's hockey player and teammate Victoria Granatto.[1]

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María José Granatto
Personal information
Full name María José Granatto
Born (1995-04-21) 21 April 1995 (age 29)
La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Club Santa Barbara
Senior career
Years Team
–2018 Hc-oranje club
2018–2019 Club Santa Barbara
2019– Club Santa Barbara
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Argentina 96 (60)
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She was part of the Argentine team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[2] and won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

Her first gold medal with Argentina (Las Leonas) was in the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League. 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,[4] 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.[5] In 2022 she also won the 2021-22 Hockey Pro League and the silver medal at the 2022 World Cup. 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.[6] At the 2016 and 2017 Hockey Stars Awards she won the FIH Rising Star of the Year.

References

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