María Mercedes "Mechi" Margalot (born June 28, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later, when Athens, Greece hosted The Games, she won the bronze medal with the Argentine squad. Mercedes also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the World Cup in 2002, two Champions Trophy (2001, 2008), three medals at the Pan American Games (1999, 2003, 2007) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Margalot played club hockey in the Netherlands, first for Oranje Zwart of Eindhoven and then for Push of Breda. External links Argentine female field hockey players Las Leonas players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Argentine people of French descent Field hockey players from Buenos Aires 1975 births Living people Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2003 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Oranje Zwart players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine women