Elena Urkizu
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| Full name | Elena Urkizu Sáez | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1975 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Elena Urkizu Sáez[a] (born 29 January 1975 in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa) is a former field hockey defender from Spain. She represented her native country at two consecutive Olympic Games: in 1996 and 2000.[1] At her last try she finished fourth with the Spanish national team, after a 2–0 loss in the bronze medal game against the Netherlands. Urkizu played club hockey for Real Sociedad.
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urkizu and the second or maternal family name is Sáez.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Urkizu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009.
External links
[edit]- Elena Urkizu at the International Hockey Federation
- Elena Urquizu at Olympics.com
- Elena Urkizu at Olympedia
- Elena Urkizu Sáez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Sebastián
- Spanish female field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Spanish field hockey biography stubs