Delfina Merino

{{short description|Argentine Olympic field hockey player}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Delfina Merino

| image = File: Delfina Merino, Argentina 2016 CT Champions (27316860963).jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|10|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vicente López, Argentina

| height = 1.68 m

| weight = 59 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Banco Provincia

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| youthclubs1 = Banco Provincia

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2010

| clubs1 = Banco Provincia

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| years2 = 2010–2011

| clubs2 = SCHC

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| years3 = 2011–2016

| clubs3 = Banco Provincia

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| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = SCHC

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| years5 = 2018

| clubs5 = Banco Provincia

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| years6 = 2018–2019

| clubs6 = SCHC

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| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs7 = Banco Provincia

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| years8 = 2021–

| clubs8 = Léopold

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| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009

| nationalteam1 = Argentina U21

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| nationalyears2 = 2009–

| nationalteam2 = Argentina

| nationalcaps2 = 304

| nationalgoals2 = 87

| show-medals = no

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{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 London|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Rosario|}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 The Hague|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|2014-15 Rosario|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Sydney|}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Nottingham|}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Rosario|}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Mendoza|}}

{{MedalGold|2016 London|}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Amstelveen|}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Changzhou |}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Guadalajara|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Hamilton|}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Mendoza|}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Lancaster|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Boston|}}

|caption=Merino in 2016}}

Delfina Merino (born 15 October 1989) is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/hockey/event/women/teams/team=argentina-how400arg01/ |title=Women's Hockey: Team Rosters: Argentina |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731160424/http://www.london2012.com/hockey/event/women/teams/team=argentina-how400arg01/ |archive-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead }} and the team achieved the silver medal; at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was part of the team that won the silver medal.{{Cite web|title=Hockey MERINO Delfina - Tokyo 2020 Olympics|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1361692-merino-delfina.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-20|work=Tokyo 2020|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724211346/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1361692-merino-delfina.htm |archive-date=2021-07-24 }}

Career

Delfina also won the 2010 World Cup in Rosario, Argentina, five Champions Trophy, the World League 2014–15 and three Pan American Cups.{{cite web |url=https://fih.altiusrt.com/competitions/869/reports/teams |title=Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Argentina |publisher=FIH |page=1}} She was part of the 2016 Olympic squad.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/delfina-merino-1.html |title=Delfina Merino |access-date=2018-10-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011014104/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/delfina-merino-1.html |archivedate=2018-10-11 |url-status=dead }}

In February 2018, she was elected as the best player in the world by the International Hockey Federation.{{cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/events/hockey-stars-awards/hockey-stars-2017/news/2017-hockey-stars-award-winners-announced-in-berlin/ |title=2017 Hockey Stars Award winners announced in Berlin |website=fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |access-date=2020-12-21 |date=5 February 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Passion and enjoyment are key for dazzling Delfina Merino {{!}} FIH|url=https://www.fih.ch/news/passion-and-enjoyment-are-key-for-dazzling-delfina-merino/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=www.fih.ch}}

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