LOPEZ HERRERO Marta

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
4	Women	2009	People's Republic of China
9	Women	2013	Serbia
12	Women	2015	Denmark

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2020	Denmark
11	Women	2016	Sweden

Athlete

Partner Alicia Fernandez

English, Spanish

SCM Ramnicu Valcea [Romania] since 2017/18

Florentin Pera [club], ROU; Carlos Viver [national], ESP

Right wing (marca.com, 02 Dec 2020)

Her partner Alicia Fernandez has represented Spain in handball, and was part of the Spanish team that finished runners-up at the 2019 World Championship in Japan. She also played alongside Lopez for SCM Ramnicu Valcea during the 2020/21 Liga Nationala season in Romania. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 May 2021; lavozdegalicia.es, 15 Apr 2021)

2009 for Spain Against Greece, European Championship Qualifying in Patras, Greece (rfebm.com, 17 Apr 2021)

She suffered a slipped disc in her back while competing at the 2014 European Championship in Hungary and Croatia. (avancedeportivo.es, 11 Apr 2015)

A hamstring injury prevented her from competing at the 2012 European Championship in Serbia. (avancedeportivo.es, 11 Apr 2015)

Liga Nationala [ROU] (lavozdegalicia.es, 15 Apr 2021)

She began playing handball at age eight. (diariosur.es, 15 Jul 2007)

She followed her older siblings into the sport. "I watched their matches every weekend. I watched them training and followed them to their tournaments. They were my role models and I still admire them." (spainsn.com, 07 Nov 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (diariosur.es, 21 Mar 2021)

Spanish handball players Carmen Martin, Marta Mangue and Noelia Oncina, Norwegian handball player Stine Oftedal. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 22 Jan 2021)

Her youth coach Rafael Correa. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 22 Jan 2021)

"It is hard to get to the top, as you must work a lot, but it is more difficult to stay there, as you must work even harder." (balonmanoveteranos.com, 22 Jan 2021)

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

She was named Best Right Wing of the French Women's Handball Championship in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons. (diariosur.es, 26 May 2014)

She was named Best Right Wing of the 2007 European Junior Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. (diariosur.es, 15 Jul 2007)

She has received the Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in Spain. She has also been presented with the Golden Andalusian award by the Sports Journalists Federation of Andalusia, Spain. (eldia.es, 28 Mar 2015; rfebm.net, 10 Oct 2013)