MAQUEDA PENO Jorge

6 Feb 1988
33
Male
1.97/6'5''
TOLEDO
 
Spain
VESZPREM
 
Hungary

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
HBL Handball Men 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Yoyogi National Stadium
GER
Germany
27
ESP
Spain
28
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
ESP
Spain
28
NOR
Norway
27
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
BRA
Brazil
25
ESP
Spain
32
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
FRA
France
36
ESP
Spain
31
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
ESP
Spain
36
ARG
Argentina
27
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
SWE
Sweden
33
ESP
Spain
34
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
ESP
Spain
23
DEN
Denmark
27
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
EGY
Egypt
31
ESP
Spain
33
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
7Men2012London, GBR

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2013Spain
3Men2021Egypt
3Men2011Sweden
4Men2015Qatar

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2020
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Cooking. (RFEBM YouTube channel, 31 Mar 2020)
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Athlete
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Wife Macarena Aguilar
:
English, Spanish
:
Veszprem KC [Hungary] since 2020
:
David Davis [club], ESP; Jordi Ribera [national], ESP
:
Right back (rfebm.com, 24 Feb 2021)
:
Left (manchainformacion.com, 20 Feb 2021)
:
His wife Macarena Aguilar represented Spain in handball at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, winning bronze at the 2012 edition in London. (deportecienporcien.com, 16 Oct 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 15 Mar 2021)
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2010 for Spain Against Portugal, World Championships Qualification Tournament in Guadalajara, Spain (rfebm.com, 31 Jan 2021)
:
Nemzeti Bajnoksag I [HUN] (handballveszprem.hu, 01 Mar 2021)
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He began playing at age 11 in Villafranca de los Caballeros, Spain. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 20 Jan 2020; muchobalonmano.es, 16 Apr 2012)
:
"I was at my aunt's house and my uncle sent me to the village sports hall to play with the other children. When I got there the sport they were doing was handball and I started playing. At the start of the new season the team's coach asked my parents if I wanted to play handball, and I said, 'Yes'. So it all started a bit out of coincidence." (balonmanoveteranos.com, 20 Jan 2020)
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To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (manchainformacion.com, 20 Feb 2021)
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Winning the 2017 Champions League with HC Vardar, and winning the 2013 World Championship in Spain. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 20 Jan 2020)
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Spanish handball player Mateo Garralda, Spanish football player Raul. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 20 Jan 2020)
:
"It is essential to be constant and work hard every day. No matter how good you are, if you do not work and are constant in what you do, no one is going to give you anything." (manchainformacion.com, 20 Feb 2021)
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He was named in the All-Star team at the 2020 European Championship as the Best Right Back. (tokyo2020.org, 04 Jun 2020)

In 2013 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit of Spain. (boe.es, 08 Feb 2013)

In 2011 he was presented with the Medal of Sporting Merit by the Castilla y Leon province in Spain. (muchobalonmano.es, 16 Apr 2012)
Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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