Silvia Navarro (handballer)

Silvia Navarro
Navarro in 2013
Personal information
Full name Silvia Navarro Giménez
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979
Valencia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club BM Remudas
Number 16
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998–2000 BM Sagunto
2000–2004 El Ferrobus Mislata
2004–2006 BM Sagunto
2006–2012 SD Itxako
2012–2013 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2013– BM Remudas
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Spain 168 (3)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2011 Brazil
European Championship
2014 Croatia/Hungary

Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team.[1]

She who won bronze medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 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 at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team placed 11th, and Navarro was listed among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 39%.[5]

She also competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team 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, where the Spanish team won the bronze medal, Silvia Navarro was listed fourth 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). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Silvia Navarro. sports-reference.com
  4. ↑ "Silvia Navarro acompañará Sandy Barbosa en el Oltchim". Area Balonmano. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  5. ↑ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Goalkeeper statistics" (PDF). European Handball Federation. 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. 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. nbcolympics.com
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