Delfina Merino (born 15 October 1989) is an Argentine field hockey player. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team and the team achieved the silver medal; at the

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, she was part of the team that won the silver medal.

Career

Delfina also won the

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Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

, Argentina, five Champions Trophy, the World League 2014–15 and three Pan American Cups. She was part of the 2016 Olympic squad. In February 2018, she was elected as the best player in the world by the

International Hockey Federation The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym and initialism, acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are i ...

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* 1989 births Living people Argentine female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Las Leonas players Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Female field hockey forwards Sportspeople from Vicente López Partido SCHC players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub