Silvia Navarro (handballer)
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Silvia Navarro Giménez | ||
| Born |
20 March 1979 Valencia, Spain | ||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | BM Remudas | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1997–1999 | Milar L'Eliana | ||
1999–2004 | El Ferrobus Mislata | ||
2004–2006 | Astroc Sagunto | ||
2006–2012 | SD Itxako | ||
2012–2013 | CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
2013– | BM Remudas | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998– | Spain | 214 | (10) |
Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team.[1]
She holds two bronze medals from the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Club
Navarro Gimenez followed ex-teammate Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa and signed for Romanian top club Vâlcea in May 2012.[4]
International championships
She competed internationally at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Spain placed 11th, and Navarro was listed among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 39%.[5]
She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Spain placed 3rd, and Navarro was listed first among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 46%.[6]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Span won the bronze medal, Silvia Navarro was listed 4th among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 37%.[7]
Honours
- Club
- EHF Champions League:
- Finalist: 2011
- Semi-finalist: 2013
- EHF Cup:
- Winner: 2009
- Finalist: 2008
- National team
- World Championship:
- Bronze Medallist: 2011
- European Championship:
- Silver Medallist: 2008
- Olympics:
- Bronze Medallist: 2012
Individual awards
- Carpathian Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2013[8]
- Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit[9]
References
- ^ "Silvia Navarro Gimenez Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ Silvia Navarro at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ^ "Silvia Navarro acompañará Sandy Barbosa en el Oltchim". Area Balonmano. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Goalkeeper statistics" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011 Brasil. Goalkeeper Statistics" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "Leading Players – Goalkeepers". london2012.com. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "VIDEO Barbosa, alesă cea mai bună jucătoare de la "Trofeul Carpați"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 March 2013.
- ^ Silvia Navarro Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
External links
- Silvia Navarro at the European Handball Federation
- Silvia Navarro at Olympics.com
- Silvia Navarro at Olympedia
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Valencia
- Spanish female handball players
- Expatriate handball players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Spain
- SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics