Silvia Navarro (handballer)
Spanish handball player (born 1979)
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Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and formerly the Spanish national team.[1]
Valencia, Spain
| Silvia Navarro | |||
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Navarro in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Silvia Navarro Giménez | ||
| Born |
20 March 1979 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 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2020 | Spain | 249 | (13) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2023 | |||
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
- 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]
