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Jimena García

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Jimena García
Personal information
Full name Jimena García López
Born (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)
Uruguay
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Playing position Defence
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Uruguay U–21 4 (0)
2021–2023 Uruguay 31 (5)
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Women's field hockey
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción Team
Pan American Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Santiago Team

Jimena García López (born 27 July 1999)[1] is a Uruguayan field hockey player, who plays as a defender.[2]

Career

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Under–21

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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]

Las Cimarronas

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Team Details – Uruguay". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ "ELISA CIVETTA EL MUNDIAL FUE LA MEJOR EXPERIENCA QUE TUVE EN EL HOCKEY". n9.oldboysmagazine.com (in Spanish). Old Boys & Old Girls Club. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "GARCÍA Jimena". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Las Cimarroncitas y su experiencia Mundial: "Fuimos a sorprender al mundo y lo logramos"". elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). El Observador. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Uruguay will be on the attack at Junior World Cup". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Jimena García López". asu2022.org.py. Asunción2022. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Plantel de Hockey para los Panamericanos". cud.org.uy (in Spanish). Confederación Uruguaya de Deportes. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Las Cimarronas convocadas para Santiago 2023". espn.com.ar (in Spanish). ESPN. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "GARCÍA LÓPEZ Jimena". lima2019.pe. Lima2019. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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