Julio Solaun (born 1 February 1942) is a Spanish
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player. He competed at the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
and the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
.
Also known as Javier, his great-niece
Rocío Ybarra
Rocío Ybarra Solaun (born 26 December 1984) is a field hockey defender from Spain, who represented her native country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she was captain ( ...
was
captain
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of the
Spain women's national field hockey team
The Spain women's national field hockey team represents Spain in the international field hockey competitions.
The team won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics at their first ever Olympic appearance in front of their home crowd in Terrassa, ...
in the 2010s, and competed at three Olympics.
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1942 births
Living people
Spanish male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Spain
Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Field hockey players from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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