María "Maripi" de la Paz Hernández (born January 11, 1977, in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and bronze medal at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was also a member of the Argentinian squad that won the World Cup in 2002 and two Champions Trophy tournaments (2001 and 2008). María de la Paz has also two Pan American Games (1999 and 2003) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Her brother is the current Argentina rugby star Juan Martín Hernández.