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

Ivanna Pessina
Personal information
Born (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 36)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Braxgata
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014 Argentina 10
2018– Italy 65 (7)

Personal life

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

Career

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Argentina

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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

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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

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