CASTELLANOS SOANEZ Mercedes

Date of Birth: 21 Jul 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.84/6'0''

Place of birth: CIUDAD REAL

Birth Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women ESP Spain	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #05 ESP Spain 24 SWE Sweden 31	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #12 FRA France 25 ESP Spain 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #14 ESP Spain 27 BRA Brazil 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #23 HUN Hungary 29 ESP Spain 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #27 ESP Spain 31 ROC ROC 34	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2020	Denmark
12	Women	2018	France

Merche (bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 15 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

CBF Malaga Costa del Sol [Spain] since 2020

Suso Gallardo [club], ESP; Carlos Viver [national], ESP

Position style:

Goalkeeper (rfebm.com, 12 Jul 2021)

Other sports:

She was part of the Spanish team that won bronze in beach handball at the 2011 European Championship in Umag, Croatia. (rfebm.com, 12 Jul 2021)

National league:

Division de Honor Femenina [ESP] (rfebm.com, 12 Jul 2021)

She took up the sport at Colegio Marianistas in Ciudad Real, Spain. (lanzadigital.com, 31 Jul 2017)

"My brother was a handball goalkeeper and I wanted to imitate him. When I tried, I saw I was good at it and I stayed." (lanzadigital.com, 31 Jul 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lanzadigital.com, 18 Jul 2021)

Winning the 2020 Spanish Cup with her club CBF Malaga Costa del Sol. (lanzadigital.com, 18 Jul 2021; bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 18 Jun 2021)

She was named 2018 Female Athlete of the Year of Ciudad Real, Spain. (elespanol.com, 23 Mar 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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