LOPEZ JIMENEZ Soledad

Date of Birth: 4 Apr 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.62/5'3''

Place of birth: MALAGA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : MALAGA

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

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Japan

European Championship

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

Sole (bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 29 Aug 2018)

Listening to flamenco and reggaeton music, walking on the beach, watching television series. (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Dental Technician, Pharmacist

Languages spoken:

CBF Malaga Costa del Sol [Spain]

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

Position style:

Left wing (rfebm.com, 17 Apr 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Esperanza Lopez has represented Spain in handball at youth level. She also played alongside Soledad at CBF Malaga Costa del Sol during the 2020/21 Division de Honor Femenina de Balonmano season in Spain. (rfebm.com, 17 Apr 2021; bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 29 Aug 2018)

Other sports:

She competed in beach handball at the 2016 Champions Cup in Gran Canaria, Spain. (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021)

2018 for Spain Against Croatia, European Championships in France (rfebm.com, 17 Apr 2021)

National league:

Division de Honor Femenina de Balonmano [ESP] (bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 20 Apr 2021)

She took up the sport at age six at Colegio Puertosol in Malaga, Spain. (bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 29 Aug 2018)

"Handball was the most important sport in the school where my sister and I studied, so we tried it. We also signed up for other sports, but handball started to catch our attention and we stayed there." (malagahoy.es, 25 Nov 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021)

Being part of the Spanish team that finished runners-up at the 2019 World Championship in Japan. "We have made history. The happiest person in the world. Proud of something magical. I will never forget it." (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021; Instagram profile, 15 Dec 2019)

Spanish handball players Noelia Oncinas, Marta Mangue, Beatriz Fernandez, Eli Pinedo, Carmen Martin and Marta Lopez. (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021; malagahoy.es, 25 Nov 2018)

Her coaches at CBF Malaga Costa del Sol. (malagahoy.es, 25 Nov 2018)

"I like to leave the locker room last, tie my shoes outside the locker room, and always enter the court with my sister Esperanza [when they are in the same team]." (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021)

Philosophy:

"Every effort has its rewards." (malagahoy.es, 25 Nov 2018)

She received the Sports Award at the 2020 Malaga Awards in Spain in recognition of her work to promote the city. (rfebm.com, 23 Oct 2020)

She was named Best Left Winger in the Division de Honor Femenina de Balonmano in Spain for the 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. (bmmalagacostadelsol.com, 20 Apr 2021)

Alongside teammates Jennifer Gutierrez and Marta Lopez, she was named 2019 Sportswoman of the Year at the Andalusian Sports Awards in Spain. (laopiniondemalaga.es, 05 Jun 2020)

General Interest

General
PLAYING IN SPAIN
She says she has little interest in playing club handball abroad and believes she can achieve her career goals at CBF Malaga Costa del Sol. "At the moment I am not interested in living an experience outside of Spain. I have always said it, I am very comfortable in my home club, where I believe that great strides are being made every year, a club that has great ambition to continue growing. I believe that I am in the best place to be able to fulfil my goals. Sometimes I sit to think and analyse it. I'm in Malaga, I have everything. Why change? I don't know if it's having little ambition, but I have everything. I have my family, the club from my city in the highest division. A club that is surpassing itself every year and that every day wants more, that catches my attention, I want to go hand in hand with them." (sextoanillo.com, 19 Jan 2021; malagahoy.es, 25 Nov 2018)

OCCUPATION
She works as a pharmacy technician and a dental assistant. (Instagram profile, 21 Apr 2021)

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Legend

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

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