Germán Orozco
Personal information
Born (1976-01-16) 16 January 1976
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Defender
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2007 Argentina
Medal record
Men’s field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Champions Challenge
Gold medal – first place2005 Alexandria
Bronze medal – third place2001 Kuala Lumpur
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo Domingo

Germán Mariano Orozco (born 16 January 1976) is an Argentine field hockey defender, who made his debut for the Argentina men's national field hockey team in 1994. He competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

He studied kinesiology at the University of Salvador in Buenos Aires. Aged six, he started to play hockey at the Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Club. Orozco played club hockey, as of 2005, in Germany, at a club in Hamburg, named UHC Hamburg. In January 2006 he moved to Dutch champions Oranje Zwart from Eindhoven.

In early 2018 he was chosen as Carlos Retegui's replacement after he resigned as coach of the Argentina men's national field hockey team.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germán Orozco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
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