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Florencia Peñalba

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María Barreiro
Personal information
Full name Florencia Belén Peñalba Antoria
Born (1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 25)
Uruguay
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Playing position Defence
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Uruguay U–21 10 (0)
2018– Uruguay 14 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Women's field hockey
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción Team
Pan American Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Santiago

Florencia Belén Peñalba Antoria (born 9 September 1999)[1] is a Uruguayan field hockey player, who plays as a defender.[2]

Career

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Under–21

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Peñalba made her debut for the Uruguay U–21 team at the Pan American Junior Championships in Tacarigua.[3]

In 2021 she represented the team again, winning silver at the 2021 Pan American Junior Championship in Santiago.[4][5]

Las Cimarronas

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Peñalba made her senior international debut for Las Cimarronas in 2018, during the FIH Series Open in Santiago.[4][6]

She won her first medal with the national team in 2022, taking home bronze at the South American Games in Asunción.[7][8]

In 2023 she was named in the squad for the Pan American Games in Santiago.[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Team Details – Uruguay". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Florencia Peñalba". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Uruguay". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "PEÑALBA Florencia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Hockey: "Estamos erizadas", dijo María Belén Barreiro tras clasificar a Uruguay al Mundial". montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). Montevideo. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Triunfos celestes en el Series Open de hockey". eltelegrafo.com (in Spanish). El Telégrafo. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Florencia Belén Peñalba Antoria". asu2022.org.py. Asunción2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Juegos ODESUR Paraguay 2022 · ¡Cimarronas Bronce!". hockey.com.uy (in Spanish). Federación Uruguaya de Hockey. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Plantel de Hockey para los Panamericanos". cud.org.uy (in Spanish). Confederación Uruguaya de Deportes. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Las Cimarronas convocadas para Santiago 2023". espn.com.ar (in Spanish). ESPN. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Juegos Panamericanos: Florencia Peñalba reveló cuáles son los dos grandes objetivos de Las Cimarronas". elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). El Observador. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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