Luciana Aymar

About Luciana Aymar

Luciana Paula Aymar (born 10 August 1977) is a retired Argentine field hockey player.

She is the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Award eight times,and she is considered as the best female hockey player of all time.

Career Highlights:

• Aymar was part of a generation in Argentine field hockey that went on to win several international tournaments from the 1999 Pan American Games onwards, including four Olympic medals, and six Champions Trophies.
  
• Aymar was the flag bearer for her country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, in London, England.
  
• In the 2012 Summer Olympics Luciana became the second Argentine to achieve 4 medals, being the first sportsman Carlos Espínola.
  

Luciana Aymar Achievements

International:

Argentina Junior

Pan American Games: Gold Medal (1997)

Junior World Cup: Bronze Medal (1997)

Argentina

• Pan American Games: Gold Medal (1999, 2003, 2007), Silver Medal (2011)
  
• Summer Olympics: Silver Medal (2000, 2012), Bronze Medal (2004, 2008).
  
• Champions Trophy: Gold Medal (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014), Silver Medal (2002, 2007, 2011), Bronze Medal (2004)
  
• World Cup: Gold Medal (2002, 2010), Bronze Medal (2006, 2014)
  

Club:

Rot-Weiss Köln

European Club Championship: 1998

Real Club de Polo de Barcelona

Copa de la Reina: 2004

GEBA

Liga Nacional: 2008, 2009

Torneo Metropolitano: 2008, 2009

Individual:

• Champions Trophy's Player of the Tournament (9): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
  
• FIH Player of the Year (8): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
  
• World Cup's Player of the Tournament (2): 2002, 2010