Maria Cecilia Rognoni is a retired Argentine field hockey defender, born December 1, 1976, in Buenos Aires, who earned 231 caps for the Argentine national team between 1994 and 2004, and again in 2010. She won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia, where she was elected best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH, an Olympic silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games, an Olympic bronze at the 2004 Athens Games, and gold at the 2001 Champions Trophy and the 1999 and 2003 Pan American Games. She was separated from the national team in 2005 after speaking about selection practices, returned in 2010 under coach Carlos Retegui, and eventually left due to knee injuries.
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Career HighlightWon the 2002 World Cup in Perth and was elected best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH 1 Classification
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Why was Cecilia Rognoni dropped from the Argentine national team, and did she return?
She was dropped in 2005 after criticizing selection practices, returned in 2010, and left because of knee injuries.
Cecilia Rognoni was separated from the Argentine national team in 2005 by the coach Gabriel Minadeo, after she said that many of the players had a place on the team just because of their surname. She returned to the team in 2010 under the coach Carlos Retegui, but was forced to leave it because of knee injuries.
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player, who won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH.
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player, who won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH.
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player, who won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH.
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María Cecilia Rognoni (born 1 December 1976, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine field hockey player, who won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH. Cecilia belongs to the generation that gave rise to the myth of the
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She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the Champions Trophy in 2001.
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She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the Champions Trophy in 2001.
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