Jimena García
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| Full name | Jimena García López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 January 2003 Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Uruguay U–21 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Uruguay | 31 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jimena García López (born 27 July 1999)[1] is a Uruguayan field hockey player, who plays as a defender.[2]
Career
[edit]Under–21
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Uruguay". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "GARCÍA Jimena". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Uruguay will be on the attack at Junior World Cup". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Jimena García López". asu2022.org.py. Asunción2022. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Plantel de Hockey para los Panamericanos". cud.org.uy (in Spanish). Confederación Uruguaya de Deportes. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Las Cimarronas convocadas para Santiago 2023". espn.com.ar (in Spanish). ESPN. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "GARCÍA LÓPEZ Jimena". lima2019.pe. Lima2019. Retrieved 17 October 2023.