María José Granatto

{{short description|Argentine field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = María José Granatto

| image = Argentina 2016 CT Champions (27895631686).jpg

| caption = Granatto at the 2016 Hockey Champions Trophy

| fullname = María José Granatto

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|4|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = La Plata, Argentina

| height = 1.54 m

| weight = 57 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Club Santa Barbara

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| clubs1 = Hc-oranje club

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2018–2019

| clubs2 = Club Santa Barbara

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2019–

| clubs3 = Club Santa Barbara

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 96

| nationalgoals1 = 60

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|2014-15 Rosario|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalGold|2016 London|}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Changzhou|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Lancaster|}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Santiago|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Santiago|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Santiago|}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Mönchengladbach|}}

}}

María José Granatto (born 21 April 1995) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a forward for Argentine club {{ill|Santa Bárbara Hockey Club|es}} and the Argentina national team. She is the younger sister of Argentina's hockey player and teammate Victoria Granatto.{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/argentina-s-women-once-again-too-good-for-england |title=Argentina's Women Once Again Too Good For England |website=englandhockey.co.uk |date=21 February 2022}}

She was part of the Argentine team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro{{cite web |url=http://www.cahockey.org.ar/noticia/las-16-leonas-que-competiran-en-rio/2018 |title=LAS 16 LEONAS QUE COMPETIRÁN EN RÍO – Novedades – Confederación Argentina de Hockey}} and won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Hockey GRANATTO Maria Jose |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1361693-granatto-maria-jose.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=20 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820191125/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1361693-granatto-maria-jose.htm}}

Career

Her first gold medal with Argentina (Las Leonas) was in the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League. Then, she was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy. Later, she won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games,{{cite web |title=Argentina: 2019 Pan American Games (Women) |url=http://www.panamhockey.org/en/competitions-74-2019-pan-american-games-women-/team-483-argentina-2019-pan-american-games-women- |website=Pan American Hockey Federation |access-date=5 September 2019 |language=en}} and also at the 2023 Games.

She was part of the national squad that won the 2022 Pan American Cup, being elected as the best player of the tournament.{{cite web |title=Pan American Cups - Day 11 - Women |url=http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-991-pan-american-cups-day-11-women |website=Pan American Hockey Federation |access-date=29 January 2022 |language=en}} In 2022 she also won the 2021-22 Hockey Pro League and the silver medal at the 2022 World Cup. In 2024, she won the bronze medal with Las Leonas at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

On club level she plays for Club Santa Bárbara in Argentina.{{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}} At the 2016 and 2017 Hockey Stars Awards she won the FIH Rising Star of the Year.

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