Alejandra Laura Gulla (born July 4, 1977, in Lincoln, Buenos Aires) is a retired

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player from

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, who won the bronze medal with the national field hockey team at the

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and at the

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. Gulla also won the 2010 World Cup, four Champions Trophies, and three

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. Gulla played club hockey for

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in Buenos Aires.

References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Confederación Argentina de Hockey
Official site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation *

External links

* 1977 births Argentine female field hockey players Living people Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Las Leonas players Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games People from Lincoln Partido g Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Province 21st-century Argentine sportswomen {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub