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Facundo Callioni (born 9 October 1985) is an Argentine
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. At the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, he competed for the
national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
in the men's tournament. Facundo won the bronze medal at the
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The H ...
and the gold medal at the
2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...
, in
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,
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, Canada. He won a gold medal in the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in
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, where the
Argentina men's national field hockey team The Argentina men's national field hockey team () represents Argentina in field hockey and is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Lucas Rey, who was appointed after Mariano Ronconi let go after the 2024 S ...
defeated
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4–2 in the final match.


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* 1985 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in field hockey Pan American Games field hockey players for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Men's Belgian Hockey League players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub