María José Granatto
.jpg) Granatto at the 2016 Hockey Champions Trophy | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | María José Granatto | ||
| Born |
21 April 1995 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| Argentina | 96 | (60) | |
Medal record | |||
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 and the Argentina national team. She is the younger sister of Argentina's hockey player and teammate Victoria Granatto.[1]
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Argentina's Women Once Again Too Good For England". englandhockey.co.uk. 21 February 2022.
- ^ "LAS 16 LEONAS QUE COMPETIRÁN EN RÍO – Novedades – Confederación Argentina de Hockey".
- ^ "Hockey GRANATTO Maria Jose". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Argentina: 2019 Pan American Games (Women)". Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Pan American Cups - Day 11 - Women". Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Argentina". FIH. p. 1.
External links
[edit]- Maria Granatto at the International Hockey Federation
- Maria Granatto at Olympics.com
- Maria Granatto at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Majo Granatto at Olympedia
- María José Granatto at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Las Leonas players
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Argentine female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Argentina
- Sportspeople from La Plata
- Female field hockey forwards
- Argentine expatriate field hockey players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- HC Oranje-Rood players
- Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Field hockey players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- 21st-century Argentine women
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Argentine field hockey biography stubs