Agustina Gorzelany (born 11 March 1996)[1] is an Argentine field hockey player. She played for Club San Martín until her transfer to Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club in the Netherlands in 2024.[2] Gorzelany also plays for the Argentina national team, winning a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Agustina Gorzelany
Personal information
Born (1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28)
Argentina
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Amsterdam
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2017– Argentina 67
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changzhou
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lancaster
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Santiago

Hockey career

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Gorzelany was part of the Argentina Junior National Team at the 2016 Junior World Cup where the team won the gold medal, defeating the Netherlands in the final.[4]

In 2017, Gorzelany was called into the senior national women's team,[5] and was part of the team that won the 2017 Pan American Cup.[6][7][8]

She was part of the national squad that won the 2022 Pan American Cup. In 2022 she also won the 2021-22 Hockey Pro League and the silver medal at the 2022 World Cup. In 2023 she won the gold medal at 2023 Pan American Games.

In 2020, she won the silver medal with Argentina at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and she also won the bronze medal with Las Leonas at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Agustina Gorzelany". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Gorze, la defensora encargada de los corner cortos en el seleccionado, es parte del éxodo multitudinario". Olé Polideportivo (in Spanish). 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Hockey GORZELANY Agustina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ARG". FIH. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Agustina Gorzelany – Noticias de Buenos Aires – Extrabaires". extrabaires.info (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 Pan American Cup - Women". FIH. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. ^ Kexel, María. "Las Leoncitas campeonas no paran de festejar un título histórico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  8. ^ www.eldia.com, Diario El Dia de La Plata. "Las Leoncitas, con presencia platense, se coronaron campeonas del Mundial sub-21". www.eldia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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