Edgardo Pailos Rugna (born August 15, 1967) is a former

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player from

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. He competed for his native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad. He won the gold medal at the

1995 Pan American Games The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first retur ...

, and made his Olympic debut at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

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* 1967 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub