SIMONET Pablo Ariel

Date of Birth: 4 May 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of birth: VICENTE LOPEZ

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : BENIDORM

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men ARG Argentina	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #02 FRA France 33 ARG Argentina 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #08 ARG Argentina 25 GER Germany 33	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #16 NOR Norway 27 ARG Argentina 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #19 ARG Argentina 23 BRA Brazil 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #27 ESP Spain 36 ARG Argentina 27	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2021	Egypt
12	Men	2015	Qatar
17	Men	2019
18	Men	2017	France
18	Men	2013	Spain

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2018	Greenland

Pablito, Pepito, El Tanque [the tank]. (Instagram profile, 02 Jun 2016; pasionhandball.com.ar, 13 Jan 2015)

Occupation:

Partner Maria Pilar Campoy

Languages spoken:

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Benidorm [Spain] since 2016

Fernando Latorre [club], ESP; Manuel Cadenas [national], ESP

Position style:

Centre back, Pivot (ihf.info, 11 Jan 2019; asobal.es, 01 Apr 2016)

Right (Diego Simonet YouTube channel, 03 May 2015)

Sporting relatives:

His older brothers Diego and Sebastian have both represented Argentina in handball. Sebastian competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, while Diego competed at the 2012 Games in London. His parents Luis Simonet and Alicia Moldes have also represented Argentina in handball. His partner Maria Pilar Campoy has represented Argentina in hockey, and competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (cahockey.org.ar, 04 Jul 2016; marca.com, 01 Apr 2016; canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 17 Nov 2015, 21 Jan 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Mar 2020)

2012 for Argentina, in Denmark (canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 22 Sep 2012)

He tore the hamstring in his right leg in October 2013. He underwent surgery the following week and returned to competition five months later. (Instagram profile, 23 Feb 2014; pasionhandball.com.ar, 15 Oct 2013)

National league:

Liga ASOBAL [ESP] (marca.com, 29 Jan 2020)

Handball is a tradition in his family. Both of his parents and his two older brothers have represented Argentina in the sport. (marca.com, 01 Apr 2016; canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 17 Nov 2015)

Argentinian handball player [and brother] Diego Simonet, Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. (Twitter profile, 15 Jun 2016; argentinamateur.com.ar, 25 Mar 2016)

He was named the Best Left Back for the 2018/19 Liga ASOBAL in Spain. (elperiodic.com, 04 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
FAMILY AFFAIR
His older brothers Diego and Sebastian were also part of the Argentina squad at the 2015 World Championship in Qatar. "Lots of things run through our heads. I've shared everything with them. This is a very special moment for the family and our parents are in the stands. This has a special flavour. All three of us have a big smile because we enjoy playing and, in addition, doing it together." (canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 21 Jan 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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