Ivanna Pessina

Ivanna Pessina
Personal information
Born (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
ClubBraxgata
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014 Argentina 10 -
2018– Italy 65 (7)

Ivanna Pessina (born 18 April 1990) is an Italian-Argentine field hockey player who plays for the Italy national team.[1]

Personal life

Ivanna was born in Buenos Aires to an Italian Argentine family.[2][3] She currently plays representative hockey for the Braxgata Hockey Club.

Career

Argentina

She had a brief successful performance in the national team "Las Leonas" in the South American Games Odesur 2014 Senior Women Outdoor 8 to 16 Mar 2014 where they won the championship title.

Italy

Pessina made her debut for the Italian Senior National Team at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[4] Some of the latest participations, FIH Hockey Women´s Nation Cup Spain 2022 11 to 17 Dec 2022 Valencia; EuroHockey Championship 2023 18 - 27 Aug 2023 Mönchengladbach, Germany and the most recent Olympic Qualifiers 2024 Ranchi 13 to 19 Jan 2024 in Jharkhand, India.

References

  1. ^ "Le convocate di Roberto Carta per il raduno di Dublino e il Tri Nations con Irlanda e Cile". federhockey.it. 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Argentine linkage enriching Italian women's hockey". The Times of India. 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Italia, con argentinas en el equipo, clasificó a semifinales del Premundial". ESPN. 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Italy". FIH. p. 9.