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María José Granatto

María José Granatto
Granatto at the 2016 Hockey Champions Trophy
Personal information
Full name María José Granatto
Born (1995-04-21) 21 April 1995 (age 29)
La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Club Santa Barbara
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2018 Hc-oranje club
2018–2019 Club Santa Barbara
2019– Club Santa Barbara
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Argentina 96 (60)
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
World League
Gold medal – first place 2014-15 Rosario
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2016 London
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changzhou
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lancaster
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Santiago
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mönchengladbach

María José Granatto (born 21 April 1995) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a forward for Argentine club Santa Bárbara Hockey Club [es] and the Argentina national team. She is the younger sister of Argentina's hockey player and teammate Victoria Granatto.[1]

She was part of the Argentine team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[2] and won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

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,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] At the 2016 and 2017 Hockey Stars Awards she won the FIH Rising Star of the Year.

References

  1. ^ "Argentina's Women Once Again Too Good For England". englandhockey.co.uk. 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ "LAS 16 LEONAS QUE COMPETIRÁN EN RÍO – Novedades – Confederación Argentina de Hockey".
  3. ^ "Hockey GRANATTO Maria Jose". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Argentina: 2019 Pan American Games (Women)". Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Pan American Cups - Day 11 - Women". Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Argentina". FIH. p. 1.


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