Juan Manuel Vivaldi

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Juan Manuel Vivaldi
Personal information
Born (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)

Juan Manuel Vivaldi (born 17 July 1979) is an Argentine field hockey goalkeeper, who plays club hockey in his native country for Banco Provincia. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 2001, and was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South Americans finished in 11th position. Vivaldi was also on the side that ended up fifth at the 2003 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, and won the 2005 Champions Challenge tournament in Alexandria, Egypt. He was part of the Argentine team that finished in 10th position at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

He played for the Argentine team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup, beating England in the bronze medal playoff.[2]Juan Manuel has also won three medals at the Pan American Games and two Champions Challenge.

References

  1. "Juan Manuel Vivaldi at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. "Men 3/4th - Paredes brace bags bronze for Los Leones". http://www.rabobankhockeyworldcup2014.com/. Retrieved 15 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)

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