Sole García, 25 years of Sydney 2000 and the Córdoba court with her name

Soledad García is pure history of Argentine hockey and a World Cup. A striker who not only got tired of making goals, but also getting achievements: Bicampeona of the world, triple Olympic medalist and, as of today, the name of the Provincial Stadium of Córdoba, the place where he was born. 25 years from Sydney 2000 and in the previous recognition at the Mario Kempes Sports Pole, the former player spoke hand in hand with AM850.com.

“For me it was like a study trip, as I lived and enjoyed it. It was the youngest and I had no responsibility to have a good time, play hockey and take pictures with each athlete who saw in the Olympic village hahaha. I never felt that pressure because the greatest absorbed it: Vanina (Oneto), Karina (Masotta), Anabel (Gambero), etc. To this day I have the memory that it was a party and I always appreciate that, that made me live like this in good sense, with the responsibility that everything was“Sole began about the memories of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

On his role in the team in which he was a substitute and the youngest of the entire squad, the Cordoba confessed: “I always went, for many years, the youngest And it was like “the pet” or “the baby” and they had me quite short because I was naughty. They gave me many tips, more than anything Pachu Ferrari who accompanied me and talked to me when we were going to sleep because we shared a room Or when we talked about the game the next day “. And then he continued: “It was another relationship to what is today in terms of closeness, I had them up there and respected them a lot. While competing healthily with her, I wanted to enter five minutes (or half an hour) and it was fine. I knew that my role was that: being in the bank and when Cacho told me ´Dale Solcito, come on, started and entered to play. “

“We raid the way for all of them, the smallest and the generations that followed. It was a tour of many kilometers personally for mefor being from the interior, with the effort that it carries, you want or not, because you make a double effort. It is not that those of Buenos Aires do not do it, but it is different. We lived a long time, sometimes we had nowhere to sleep or where to be“Sole expressed among tears when talking about her journey in Las Leonas being a player inside the country.

And then it remained excited: “I speak literally when I say that we had nowhere to sleep, because sometimes we arrived at Cenard and Lucha (Aymar), Ayelén (Stepnik) and I, that we were those inside, did not have the room because they had forgotten to ask for it and in the hotel there was no place there was no place And at that time, with the public telephone and the coins we had, call one of the girls. They are things that we laugh today, because they remained as anecdotes, but at that time he was 17 or 18 years in the Cenard alone. Today I laugh, but I believe and I hope you never happen to anyone again and take care of the girls inside. Not because at that time they have done it on purpose, but they did not have the organization that is today. “

Her tour led her to be a bastion for the Hockey players in Córdoba, who today dream of achieving the race she had. Given that, the Córdoba Deportes agency decided to recognize it with His name in the reopening of the province courtl, located in the Mario Kempes Sports Pole.

“Today, 25 years later, I am happy of what is going to happen to me today (with the re-inuguration of the Córdoba court that will bear its name) and for all the change that was generated in the country with hockey. It was an explosion of messages the arrival of the lionesses for re-inauguration, of people looking for tickets, of people who wanted to be in the form of and see in Córdoba, 13 years later, to the lions. It will be a party and enjoy it with great emotion and pride “she replied again excitedly.

What the lions mean to her, Soledad García declared: “My family is also them. He shared, at times, more things and more hours with struggle and with Ayelén, that we were like the trio that went everywhere. We coordinated to get to Retiro together, to take a taxi or a train, to walk those three eternal blocks from the train door to Cenard. The manager two weeks ago asked me “What time do you arrive?”, “Where do you sleep?”, “Do you want me to look for or want to come here?” Like when I was 15 years old. If it wasn’t her, it was a cara vigil. Jor (Rimoldi) hosted me thousands of times: I got off at Puente Saavedra, I walked five blocks, his mother was waiting for me, we slept, had breakfast and we were going to train. I think, in the long run, we are a great family. 100% lions are a big family and I will never doubt it. “

Finally and before the question of “What would you like to be the image for people when they name Soledad García?” “I would like to remind me as a passionate player, as I think it was. I always tried to leave everything on the court because the attitude is not negotiated under any circumstances. The bocha can be bad, mistake or make bad decisions, but the attitude is not negotiated. And also as a resilient person, who left everything for the shirt he had to wear. Today I am still near the hockey because I like it and enjoy it. This recognition of the court in my name demonstrates what one reaped. “