Rocío Ybarra Solaun (born 26 December 1984) is a
field hockey defender from Spain, who represented her native country at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, the
2008 Games in
Beijing and the
2016 Games in
Rio de Janeiro, where she was
captain
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(Spain did not qualify in
2012
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).
At club level she played for
and
RC Polo in the Spanish system, for
UHC Hamburg
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Uhlenhorster HC is one ...
in Germany, and for
Kampong,
HDM and
Oranje Zwart in the Netherlands.
She played internationally with the
Spain national team that finished fourth at the
2006 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain.
The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeat ...
in
Madrid under the guidance of coach
Pablo Usoz.
Her family has played hockey at a high level for three generations; her twin sister Lucía was also selected for Spain
while her great-uncle
Julio Solaun
Julio Solaun (born 1 February 1942) is a Spanish field hockey player. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Also known as Javier, his great-niece Rocío Ybarra was captain of the Spain women's national field hocke ...
(known as Javier) competed at the
1964
Events January
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and
1968 Olympic Games.
References
External links
*
Spanish Olympic Committee
1984 births
Living people
Spanish female field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of Spain
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bilbao
Field hockey players from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
Female field hockey defenders
Spanish twins
Twin sportspeople
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