María Silvina D'Elía (born 25 April 1986) is an

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player. At the

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, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team. Silvina won the 2010 World Cup, five Champions Trophy, the silver medal at the

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and two Pan American Cups. D'Elía was called up in May 2017 by

Agustín Corradini Agustín Esteban Corradini (born 31 July 1984) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. He was a member of the national team and in May 2017, after coaching the junior team to a gold medal at the 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, he was a ...

to come back to Las Leonas. She first accepted to join, but two weeks later she declined the offer. Then she was called up by

Carlos Retegui Carlos José Retegui (born 19 December 1969) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. He was a member of the National squad from 1989 to 2006 and competed in three Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004). In 2006 he was dismissed from the natio ...

to take part in the 2019 team.

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