Silvia Navarro (handballer)

Silvia Navarro
Navarro in 2013
Personal information
Full name Silvia Navarro Giménez
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45)
Valencia, Spain
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)
1998–2020
 Spain 249 (13)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Brazil
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Croatia/Hungary

Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and formerly 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 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 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
National team

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Silvia Navarro Gimenez Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silvia Navarro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Silvia Navarro acompañará Sandy Barbosa en el Oltchim". Area Balonmano. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  5. ^ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Goalkeeper statistics" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  6. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011 Brasil. Goalkeeper Statistics" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Leading Players – Goalkeepers". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  8. ^ "VIDEO Barbosa, alesă cea mai bună jucătoare de la "Trofeul Carpați"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 March 2013.
  9. ^ Silvia Navarro Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
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