Gonzalo Peillat

Gonzalo Peillat
Personal information
Nationality Argentine
Born (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country  Argentina
Sport Field hockey

Gonzalo Peillat (born 12 August 1992) is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team. Gonzalo won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup where he was the top scorer of the tournament with 10 goals [1] and the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. His best achievement comes at the Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics-Men's tournament where he won Gold medal for Argentina. He scored 11 goals in the tournament and become highest scorer of the tournament. He scored a stunning hatrick against Germany in the semifinal of his side's 5-2 goal's victory over reigning Olympic champion Germany. In then final against Belgium he also scored one goal against Belgium and helps Argentina to achieve their first ever gold medal in Olympic games hockey.

References

  1. "Gonzalo Peillat". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 13 September 2012.


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