Agustina Soledad "Sole" García (born June 12, 1981) is a retired

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player. She won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the

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in Sydney and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. The striker was named ''WorldHockey Women's Young Player of the Year'' by the

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twice (2002 and 2004). Soledad also won the

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in 2002 and 2010, three Champions Trophy, two gold medals at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns an ...

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, and two Pan American Cups. Since retiring from playing international hockey, Soledad has started coaching and is the assistant coach of the Canada women's national field hockey team. As assistant coach she has attended a number of events including the

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* * Living people 1981 births Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey SCHC players Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany Female field hockey forwards Rot-Weiss Köln players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Córdoba, Argentina {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub