SARMIENTO MELIAN Daniel

25 Aug 1983
37
Male
1.88/6'2''
LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
 
Spain
SAINT-RAPHAEL
 
France

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
5Men2017France
7Men2019

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2020
1Men2018Croatia
:
Athlete
:
French, Spanish
:
Saint-Raphael Var Handball [France] since 2016
:
Rares Fortuneanu [club], ROU; Jordi Ribera [national], ESP
:
Centre back (mundodeportivo.com, 01 Dec 2020)
:
Right (srvhb.com, 16 Feb 2021)
:
2008 for Spain Against Cyprus, European Championship Qualifying in Pinto, Spain (rfebm.com, 31 Jan 2021)
:
He sustained a right thigh injury while competing at the 2019 World Championship in Denmark and Germany. (mundodeportivo.com, 22 Jan 2019)

He fractured the first metacarpal bone [thumb] on his right hand during a Champions League match in October 2015. He underwent surgery and returned to competition two months later. (sport.es, 19 Oct 2015)
:
Starligue [FRA] (srvhb.com, 16 Feb 2021)
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He took up the sport as a child at Escaleritas club in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. (7versus7.wordpress.com, 06 Sep 2014; fcbarcelona.cat, 15 Sep 2011)
:
"My older brother introduced me to the sport. He played handball and I played football, but one day he asked me if I wanted to try, so I did, and I liked it so much that I continued. My first team was in a neighbourhood close to mine called Escaleritas." (7versus7.wordpress.com, 06 Sep 2014)
:
To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (balonmanoveteranos.com, 15 Jun 2019)
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In 2019 he was named an Honorary Citizen by the council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain. (efe.com, 09 May 2019)

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

In 2013 he was presented with the Medal of the Spanish Olympic Committee [COE]. (rfebm.com, 26 Apr 2017)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2008/09 Liga ASOBAL season in Spain. (marca.com, 05 Sep 2009)
Legend
:
Bronze Medal
:
Gold Medal Event
:
Silver Medal Event
:
Bronze Medal Event
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