NAVARRO GIMENEZ Silvia

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: VALENCIA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA

Residence 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

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2012	London, GBR
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Japan
3	Women	2011	Brazil
9	Women	2013	Serbia
11	Women	2017	Germany
12	Women	2015	Denmark

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2020	Denmark
11	Women	2016	Sweden
12	Women	2018	France

Navarrete (Facebook profile, 10 Oct 2018)

Occupation:

Son Unai [2012]

Languages spoken:

BM Remudas IGC [Telde, ESP] since 2013/14

Carlos Herrera [club], ESP; Carlos Viver [national], ESP

Position style:

Goalkeeper (marca.com, 02 Dec 2020)

National league:

Division de Honor Femenina de Balonmano [ESP] (balonmanoremudas.es, 28 Apr 2021)

She took up the sport at age eight in Valencia, Spain. (newtral.es, 12 Apr 2020)

As a child she enjoyed a number of sports, but once she tried handball she became addicted to it. "It was the feeling of having the ball in my hands and the possibility of making a good save. Handball filled my life." (balonmanofemenino.com, 2007)

To win a title with the national team. (newtral.es, 12 Apr 2020)

Winning bronze at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 30 Jun 2019)

Spanish handball players Lorenzo Rico and Sagrario Santana, Russian handball player Svetlana Bogdanova. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 30 Jun 2019)

Her mother (newtral.es, 12 Apr 2020; balonmanoveteranos.com, 30 Jun 2019)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2018/19 Division de Honor Femenina de Balonmano season in Spain. (rfebm.com, 31 Aug 2019)

In 2013 she received the Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in Spain. (rfebm.net, 10 Oct 2013)

General Interest

General
CHOOSING THE GOAL
She considers herself small for a goalkeeper but has always felt suited to the role. "We have to be honest, I'm only 169cm tall. The goalkeeper prototype is a tall, strong figure, but I don't waste time thinking I should be taller. I remember they put me both in goal and on court as a junior, and I felt safer defending the goal. I've been told a lot of times [about her height], but times are changing. Before they were huge goalkeepers and now they look more of another type. Those of us who are not so big have to make up for it in another way. You have to manage." (larazon.es, 20 Mar 2021; balonmanofemenino.com, 2011)

Social Media

Legend

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

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