Victoria Sauze Valdéz (born 21 July 1991)[1] is an Argentine field hockey player. She plays with the Argentina national field hockey team, winning silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Victoria Sauze
Personal information
Full name Victoria Sauze Valdéz
Born (1991-07-21) 21 July 1991 (age 33)
Argentina
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club River Plate
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Argentina 66
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changzhou
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba

Hockey career

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Sauze started her career in Tucumán Rugby Club, then moving to Buenos Aires to play for River Plate.[3]

In 2017, Sauze was called into the senior national women's team. She competed in the team that finished fifth at the 2016-17 Hockey World League Final in Auckland.

She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.[4]

In 2020, she won the silver medal with Argentina at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and she also won the bronze medal with Las Leonas at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Victoria Sauze Valdez". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Hockey SAUZE VALDEZ Victoria". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ Sauze Valdez: "River me formó como persona y como jugadora" on CA River Plate
  4. ^ "Argentina: 2019 Pan American Games (Women)". Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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