SIMONET Diego Esteban

Date of Birth: 26 Dec 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.89/6'2''

Place of birth: VICENTE LOPEZ

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : MONTPELLIER

Residence Country:

France

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	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2021	Egypt
12	Men	2015	Qatar
12	Men	2011	Sweden
18	Men	2017	France
18	Men	2013	Spain

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Lima, PER

El Chino [Chinese] (canchallena.com, 11 Jun 2011)

Occupation:

Wife Sol, one daughter

Languages spoken:

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Montpellier Handball [France] since 2013

Patrice Canayer [club], FRA; Manuel Cadenas [national], ESP

Position style:

Centre back (ihf.info, 30 Dec 2018)

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Sebastian and younger brother Pablo have both represented Argentina in handball. Sebastian competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, while Pablo competed at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. His parents Luis and Alicia Moldes have also represented Argentina in handball. (lima2019.pe, 05 Aug 2019; diegosimonet.com, 2012; deprimerayalpie.blogspot.com, 23 Mar 2011; francehandball2017.com, 21 Oct 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Mar 2020)

He fractured his right foot in November 2018 and was sidelined for one month. (handball-planet.com, 30 Oct 2018)

National league:

Starligue [FRA] (midilibre.fr, 12 Feb 2020)

His family were all involved in handball so he followed them into the sport. (diegosimonet.com, 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (actu.fr, 31 Aug 2019)

Winning gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (actu.fr, 31 Aug 2019)

Argentinian football player Lionel Messi. (canchallena.com, 11 Jun 2011)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] in the final of the 2017/18 Champions League. (ihf.info, 30 Dec 2018)

General Interest

General
BOARD GAME
He considers himself a board game enthusiast, and in 2020 he created his own game called '1812', which focuses on Argentinian history and the creation of the Argentinian flag. "I love board games and I have had this idea since two years ago. It's about Argentina, more specifically about [the year] 1812 when [Argentine general] Manuel Belgrano created the national flag. It's a family and education game because there are characters and typical situations of that time. I love board games because they allow us to leave alone the phone and to connect with each other." (pagina12.com.ar, 17 Apr 2020)

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Legend

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

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