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Luciana Aymar

Aymar in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Luciana Paula Aymar
Born	(1977-08-10) 10 August 1977 (age 47) Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Fisherton
	Jockey Club de Rosario
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	Rot-Weiss Köln
1999	Real Club de Polo
2000–2007	Quilmes
2008–2011	GEBA
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Argentina U21
1998–2014	Argentina	376	(162)
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing  Argentina Olympic Games Silver 2000 Sydney Team Silver 2012 London Team Bronze 2004 Athens Team Bronze 2008 Beijing Team World Cup Gold 2002 Perth Team Gold 2010 Rosario Team Bronze 2006 Madrid Team Bronze 2014 The Hague Team Champions Trophy Gold 2001 Amstelveen Team Gold 2008 Mönchengladbach Team Gold 2009 Sydney Team Gold 2010 Nottingham Team Gold 2012 Rosario Team Gold 2014 Mendoza Team Silver 2002 Macau Team Silver 2007 Quilmes Team Silver 2011 Amstelveen Team Bronze 2004 Rosario Team Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg Team Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Silver 2011 Guadalajara Team Pan American Cup Gold 2001 Kingston Team Gold 2004 Bridgetown Team Gold 2013 Mendoza Team Junior World Cup Bronze 1997 Seongnam Team

Luciana Paula Aymar (Spanish pronunciation: [luˈsjana ajˈmaɾ]; born August 10, 1977) is an amazing retired field hockey player from Argentina. Many people think she is the best female hockey player ever! She's the only player in history to win the FIH Player of the Year Award eight times. That's a lot! In 2010, she also received a special Platinum Konex Award for being the best hockey player in Argentina over the past ten years.

Luciana was famous for her incredible speed and dribbling skills. She could easily get past opposing players, just like the famous Argentine footballer Diego Maradona. Because of her amazing talent, people called her "La Maga" (which means "The Magician") and "The Maradona of Field Hockey."

She was chosen to be the flag bearer for Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was a huge honor!

About Luciana's Life

Luciana Aymar was born to René Aymar and Nilda Vicente de Aymar. She has three siblings: Cintia, Lucas, and Fernando. Since 2017, Luciana has been in a relationship with Fernando González, a former professional tennis player from Chile. They have two children together: a son named Félix, born in 2019, and a daughter named Lupe, born in 2021.

Luciana's Hockey Career

Starting Young in Field Hockey

Luciana started playing field hockey when she was just seven years old. She played for Club Atlético Fisherton in her hometown of Rosario. Six years later, she moved to Jockey Club de Rosario. She began training with the junior national team, which meant traveling to Buenos Aires every day.

Playing for Clubs and Country

In her international career, Luciana played for clubs like Rot Weiss Köln in Germany and Real Club de Barcelona in Spain. In Argentina, she played for Quilmes Atlético Club and GEBA. With GEBA, she helped her team win the National League (La Liga Nacional) and the Metropolitan Tournament (Torneo Metropolitano).

In 1997, Luciana was part of the Argentina junior team that won the Pan American Games Junior Championship. They also earned a bronze medal at the Hockey Junior World Cup that same year. Just a year later, when she was only 16, she joined the Argentina senior team. She was the youngest player to be accepted into the squad at that time! Her first big tournament with the senior team was the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup, where they finished fourth.

Winning Big with Argentina

Luciana was a key player in a special generation of Argentine field hockey players. This team started winning many international tournaments from the 1999 Pan American Games onwards. They won four Olympic medals and six Champions Trophies.

She was part of the team that won the 2002 and 2010 Hockey World Cups. The 2010 World Cup was extra special because it was held in her hometown of Rosario!

A Hockey Legend

In 2008, the International Hockey Federation officially named Luciana a Legend of Hockey. This shows how important and skilled she was in the sport.

Luciana had the honor of being the flag bearer for Argentina at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also carried the flag at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics, Luciana became only the second Argentine athlete to win four Olympic medals. The first was sportsman Carlos Espínola.

Luciana played her very last international game for Argentina on December 7, 2014. This final game was in Mendoza, Argentina, and she ended her career by winning her sixth Champions Trophy.

Awards and Honours

International Achievements

Argentina Junior Team

• Pan American Games: Gold Medal (1997)
• Junior World Cup: Bronze Medal (1997)

Argentina Senior Team

• Pan American Games:
  • Gold Medals: 1999, 2003, 2007
  • Silver Medal: 2011
• Summer Olympics:
  • Silver Medals: 2000 Sydney, 2012 London
  • Bronze Medals: 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Champions Trophy:
  • Gold Medals: 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
  • Silver Medals: 2002, 2007, 2011
  • Bronze Medal: 2004
• World Cup:
  • Gold Medals: 2002, 2010
  • Bronze Medals: 2006, 2014

Club Achievements

Rot-Weiss Köln (Germany)

• European Club Championship: 1998

Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (Spain)

• Copa de la Reina: 2004

GEBA (Argentina)

• Liga Nacional (National League): 2008, 2009
• Torneo Metropolitano: 2008, 2009

Individual Awards

• Champions Trophy's Player of the Tournament: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
• FIH Player of the Year: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
• World Cup's Player of the Tournament: 2002, 2010

See also

In Spanish: Luciana Aymar para niños