Florencia Habif
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| Full name | Florencia Martina Habif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 22, 1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | GEBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–Present | GEBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2010 | Argentina U17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Argentina U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–Present | Argentina | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florencia Martina Habif (born 22 August 1993) is an Argentine field hockey player.[1] Being part of Argentina's Junior National Team "Las Leoncitas" ("The Baby Lionesses") since 2009 and of the National Team Las Leonas ("The Lionesses") since 2010, she competed in several tournaments, including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where the team achieved the silver medal, being the team's youngest player.[2] Florencia is also a player in the club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA) since she was 4 years old.[3][4] Habif is part of the so-called New Generation of Argentina's Women's Field Hockey.[5]
Sports career
Florencia started to play field hockey at GEBA and then joined Argentina's Junior National Team at the age of 17, achieving the gold medal at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay then qualifying and earning the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.[6][7] With the Senior National Team, Florencia earned two Champions Trophy, the World League 2014-15, the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup and the Pan American Cup in 2013.[8] She played the Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament at London before her first Olympic Games at the age of 19 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[9]
Sponsorship
Ritual
Florencia is sponsored by Ritual Hockey, joining many other top athletes from around the world.
Nike
Florencia Habif is provided with Nike clothes.[10]
Awards
- Player of the Tournament at the 2012 Pan American Junior Championship held at Guadalajara, Mexico.[11]
- Revelación de Oro (Gold Revelation) on 2012, at the Fiesta del Deporte ("Party of the Sports") sponsored by Clarín, one of Argentina's main newspapers, due to her performance with the National Team.[12][13]
- Nominated to the Terna Olímpica 2012 at the Premios Olimpia, an award organized by the Círculo de Periodistas de Buenos Aires (Circle of Journalists of Buenos Aires).[14]
- 2014 - FIH Young Women Player of the Year.
References
- ↑ "Florencia Habif – Hockey – Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Official Site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ Carrizo, Paulina. "Rugby Al Máximo Nivel". Tercer Tiempo NOA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Reconocimiento A Nuestras Leonas". Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "CAH | Confederación Argentina de Hockey | Sitio Oficial". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "La Bocha Y El Palo: New Generation VII: Florencia Habif". Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ Spiess, Rodrigo. "Primer Seleccionado Femenino De Hockey Sub 17" (PDF). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "La Bocha Y El Palo: New Generation VII: Florencia Habif". Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "CAH | Confederación Argentina de Hockey | Sitio Oficial". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Florencia Habif – Hockey – Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Official Site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Nike.com". Nike, Inc. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "2012 Pan American Junior Championship (Women) – Competitions – Pan American Hockey Federation". The Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Todo el Color de la Gran Fiesta del Deporte". Clarín. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Argentina – Principales Diarios". Gobierno de la República Argentina. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Los Premios Olimpia 2012". La Voz. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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