Marcelo Garraffo

Marcelo Garraffo
	Garraffo in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Omar Garraffo Biano
Born	September 5, 1957 (age 67); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games

Marcelo Omar Garraffo Biano (born September 5, 1957) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country. He became a field hockey coach subsequent to his retirement as a player.

At his Olympic debut at the 1976 Summer Olympics he ended up in 11th place with the national squad, followed by the 8th place at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Garraffo was the oldest member (34 years, 323 days) of the Argentinian field hockey delegation, and had the honour of carrying the flag at the opening ceremony. As a coach, he guided the men's national team to the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

At the end of 2012, he was chosen as the new coach of Argentina women's national field hockey team after Carlos Retegui's contract was not renewed. Four months later, by decision of the newly elected president of the Argentine Hockey Confederation, Federal Senator Aníbal Fernández, he was dismissed and replaced by Emanuel Roggero.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcelo Garrafo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Santa Fe Deportivo at the Wayback Machine (archived November 27, 2007)

External links

Marcelo Garraffo at Olympedia

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