María del Carmen Barea Cobos (born 5 October 1966 in Málaga) is a former field hockey defender from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona). She also represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta, Georgia) and at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney). Carmen Barea played club hockey for Universidad de Sevilla. External links 1966 births Living people Spanish female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Spain Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Spanish women