Florencia Habif

Florencia Habif
Personal information
Full name Florencia Martina Habif
Born (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 31)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Mannheimer HC
Senior career
Years Team
1997–2015 GEBA
2015–2016 Pinoké
2016– Mannheimer HC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Argentina U17
2011–2013 Argentina U21
2010–2019 Argentina 192 (21)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 The Hague
World League
Gold medal – first place 2014-15 Rosario
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2012 Rosario
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mendoza
Gold medal – first place 2016 London
Silver medal – second place 2011 Amsterdam
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changzhou
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mendoza
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lancaster
Junior World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mönchengladbach
Pan American Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Guadalajara
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore Team

Florencia Martina Habif (born 22 August 1993) is an Argentine field hockey player.[1] Being part of Argentina's Junior National Team "Las Leoncitas" ("The Baby Lionesses") since 2009 and of the National Team Las Leonas ("The Lionesses") since 2010, she competed in several tournaments, including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where the team achieved the silver medal, being the team's youngest player.[2] In 2014, she was named the Best Young Player in the world by the International Hockey Federation and has been nomitaded 4 times.

Florencia is also a player in the club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA) since she was 4 years old.[3][4] Habif is part of the so-called New Generation of Argentina's Women's Field Hockey.[5]

  1. ^ "Florencia Habif – Hockey – Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Official Site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. ^ Carrizo, Paulina. "Rugby Al Máximo Nivel". Tercer Tiempo NOA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Reconocimiento A Nuestras Leonas". Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. ^ "CAH | Confederación Argentina de Hockey | Sitio Oficial". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. ^ "La Bocha Y El Palo: New Generation VII: Florencia Habif". Retrieved 31 March 2013.