Magdalena Aicega

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Magdalena Aicega (2007)

Maria Magdalena Aicega Amicarelli (born November 1, 1973 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine field hockey player . She took part in the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, as well as in many world championships and international tournaments with the national team.

Career

Aicega represented their country for the first time at the 1993 Junior World Cup in Barcelona and won the title with the team. The following year she was already in the national team at the World Cup in Dublin . 1995 played for the first time at the Champions Trophy in Mar del Plata . At the Pan American Games she won the gold medal with the team and was able to repeat the title win in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

In 2000, she won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney . A year later she won the Champions Trophy. In 2002 she became world champion in Perth , Australia . Aicega is the Argentine player who holds the record for most medals in the Champions Trophy.

In 2004 she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens . She was able to repeat this at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . In 2008 she won the Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach .

The 2006 Olympic Silver Award stands out among the awards and recognitions. She was nominated for Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation in 1999. However, this award was won by the Australian Alyson Annan .

successes

  • 2000: Silver at the Olympic Games in Sydney
  • 2004: Bronze at the Olympic Games in Athens
  • 2008: Bronze at the Olympic Games in Beijing
  • 2002: Gold at the World Championships in Perth
  • 1997: Silver at the World Championships in Dublin
  • 2006. Bronze at the World Championships in Madrid
  • 2001: Gold at the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen
  • 2008: Gold at the Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach
  • 2002: Silver at the Champions Trophy in Macau
  • 2007: Silver at the Champions Trophy in Quilmes
  • 1995: Gold at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata
  • 1999: Gold at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg
  • 2002: Gold at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo
  • 2007: Gold at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro
  • 1995: Gold at the Pan America Cup in Kingston
  • 1993: Gold at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona

Awards

  • 1998 Silver Olympia Award
  • 2000 Olympic gold medal
  • 2000 Konex Prize
  • 2001 Silver Olympia Award
  • 2005 Jorge Newbery de Plata
  • 2006 member of the World Star Team
  • 2006 Clarin Award for Hockey Lawn Consecration
  • 2006 Silver Olympic Award
  • 2007 All-Star Team of the International Hockey Federation

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Konex Prize for Magdalena Aicega. In: www.fundaciokonex.org. Retrieved July 8, 2020 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Aicega, Magdalena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aicega Amicarelli, Maria Magdalena (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 1st November 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires