Elena Carrión de la Lastra (born August 3, 1970) is a former field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

 from Spain

Spain

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, who represented her native country at two consecutive Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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: in 1996 and 2000. At her last try she finished fourth with the Spanish national team, after a 2-0 loss in the bronze medal game against The Netherlands. In 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, the goalie of Sardinero Caja Cantabria finished in 8th position.