Florencia Habif Explained

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 has 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 nominated 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]

Sports career

Florencia started to play field hockey at GEBA and then joined Argentina's junior national team at the age of 17, achieving the gold medal at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay, then qualifying and earning the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.^{[6] [7]}

With the senior national team, Florencia earned three Champions Trophy, the World League 2014-15, the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup and two Pan American Cups.^[8]

She played in the Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament at London before her first Olympic Games at the age of 19 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[9]

Sponsorship

Ritual

Florencia is sponsored by Ritual Hockey, joining many other top athletes from around the world.

Nike

Florencia Habif is provided with Nike clothes.^[10]

Red Bull

Habif is also sponsored by Red Bull along with some of the best athletes from Argentina and the world.^[11]

Awards

• Player of the Tournament at the 2012 Pan American Junior Championship held at Guadalajara, Mexico.^[12]
• Revelación de Oro (Gold Revelation) on 2012, at the Fiesta del Deporte ("Party of the Sports") sponsored by Clarín, one of Argentina's main newspapers, due to her performance with the National Team.^{[13] [14]}
• Nominated to the Terna Olímpica 2012 at the Premios Olimpia, an award organized by the Círculo de Periodistas de Buenos Aires (Circle of Journalists of Buenos Aires).^[15]
• 2014 - FIH Young Women Player of the Year.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Florencia Habif – Hockey – Olympic Athlete London 2012. Official Site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 31 March 2013. 11 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130411073801/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/habif-florencia-1089113/. dead.
2. Web site: Carrizo. Paulina. Rugby Al Máximo Nivel. Tercer Tiempo NOA. 31 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120904093242/http://tercertiemponoa.com/hockey/flor-habif-la-nina-mimada-de-las-leonas/. 2012-09-04. dead.
3. Web site: Reconocimiento A Nuestras Leonas. Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima. 31 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009023244/http://www.portaldegeba.com/notas/238/reconocimiento_a_nuestras_leonas. 2012-10-09. dead.
4. Web site: CAH Confederación Argentina de Hockey Sitio Oficial. Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 31 March 2013.
5. Web site: La Bocha Y El Palo: New Generation VII: Florencia Habif. 31 March 2013.
6. Web site: Spiess. Rodrigo. Primer Seleccionado Femenino De Hockey Sub 17. Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 31 March 2013.
7. Web site: La Bocha Y El Palo: New Generation VII: Florencia Habif. 31 March 2013.
8. Web site: CAH Confederación Argentina de Hockey Sitio Oficial. Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 31 March 2013.
9. Web site: Florencia Habif – Hockey – Olympic Athlete London 2012. Official Site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 31 March 2013. 11 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130411073801/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/habif-florencia-1089113/. dead.
10. Web site: Nike.com. Nike, Inc.. 31 March 2013.
11. Web site: Argentina's favorite hockey player. Red Bull.
12. Web site: 2012 Pan American Junior Championship (Women) – Competitions – Pan American Hockey Federation. The Pan American Hockey Federation. 31 March 2013. 7 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807040729/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/competitions-16-2012-pan-american-junior-championship-women-. dead.
13. Web site: Todo el Color de la Gran Fiesta del Deporte. 21 December 2012 . Clarín. 31 March 2013.
14. Web site: Argentina – Principales Diarios. Gobierno de la República Argentina. 31 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130321011732/http://www.argentina.gob.ar/pais/97-principales-diarios.php. 2013-03-21. dead.
15. Web site: Agencia . Télam. Los Premios Olimpia 2012. 5 December 2012 . La Voz. 31 March 2013.