SIMONET Sebastian Alejandro

Argentina
Handball
12 May 1986
35
Male
1.89/6'2''
VICENTE LOPEZ
 
Argentina

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
HBL Handball Men
ARG
Argentina
 12

Schedule

Change
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

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
10Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
10Men2012London, GBR

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
11Men2021Egypt
12Men2015Qatar
12Men2011Sweden
17Men2019
18Men2017France
18Men2013Spain
18Men2009Croatia

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2019Lima, PER

Pan American Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2018Greenland
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Seba (hand-ivry.org, 01 Aug 2015)
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Athlete
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Wife Flor Etchegaray, daughters Martina [2015] and Juliana [2018]
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French, Spanish
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SAG Villa Ballester [Argentina] since 2019
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Miguel Zuppinger [club], Manuel Cadenas [national], ESP
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Centre back (lanuevacronica.com, 10 May 2016)
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Right (Ruben Marcelo Gomes YouTube channel, 02 May 2015)
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His younger brothers Diego and Pablo have both represented Argentina in handball. Diego has competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, while Pablo competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His parents Luis Simonet and Alicia Moldes also represented Argentina in handball during the 1980s. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Mar 2020; canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 17 Nov 2015, 21 Jan 2015; deprimerayalpie.blogspot.com, 23 Mar 2011)
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He suffered a scaphoid fracture to one of his hands in May 2015. He was still able to compete at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Facebook page, 15 Dec 2015, 15 May 2015)

He injured his shoulder in May 2015. (Facebook page, 04 May 2015)
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Liga de Honor Caballeros [ARG] (handballargentina.org, 06 Jan 2020)
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He began playing handball at the SAG Villa Ballester club in Argentina. (pasionhandball.com.ar, 13 Jun 2016)
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Both of his parents played the sport at international level with Argentina. "My parents were athletes and they gave me a passion for the sport. That helped me become what I am now. I am a professional because I enjoy what I'm doing. I like training and being fit, but above all, I am in love with handball and I play every game as if it were my last. Sometimes that's a disadvantage, but it is that passion that keeps me going in the end." (pasionhandball.com.ar, 13 Jun 2016; ar.deportes.yahoo.com, 19 Dec 2011)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lanacion.com.ar, 11 Dec 2019)
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"Hasta la victoria, siempre." [Ever onward to victory] [Ernesto Guevara] (hand-ivry.org, 01 Aug 2015)
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In May 2015 he was voted Player of the Season in the Ligue Nationale de Handball D2 in France. (eurosport.fr, 05 Jun 2016; Facebook page, 15 Dec 2015)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
He plans to retire from international competition after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He also aspires to compete at the 2020 Games alongside his two younger brothers Diego and Pablo. "After the [2020] Games I will not be with the National Team anymore. I have it very clear. It breaks my heart every time I say it, but it is a completed cycle. I know that it is my last tournament, that I would like to arrive and play with my brothers. I was never allowed to play with the two at an Olympic Games, and today it's the last dream I have left, I have no other. Luckily I was able to fulfil many other dreams, but this is my biggest motivation today. It makes me get up at 06.30 to train and at night return to train. That's why I continue, I follow Tokyo." (clarin.com, 11 Dec 2019; lanacion.com.ar, 11 Dec 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He serves as president of the Argentinean Handball Confederation's [CAH] Athletes Commission. "The idea is to help athletes and for that we want to improve handball, improve the conditions in which they train, solve daily problems or those that arise and contribute ideas." (clarin.com, 11 Dec 2019)

OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
He played 15 years of club volleyball in the European leagues of France and Spain. In 2019 he returned to Argentina in order to spend more time with his family, and joined his boyhood club SAG Villa Ballester in Jose Leon Suarez, Argentina. "I left [for Europe] being a mother's baby, who didn't know how to make noodles and I almost didn't know how to speak English. I came back knowing and loving cooking, speaking languages, knowing a lot of places and with thousands of friends everywhere. I returned very full to the point of overflowing, in the sense of needing to stop a little and enjoy the family more." (clarin.com, 11 Dec 2019)

FAMILY AFFAIR
He has competed alongside his two younger brothers Diego and Pablo in the Argentinian national team. "As I am the oldest, I can share the experience of all my years in handball with them, but we all have things to share. For instance, because of his youth, Pablo often tells me he wants to do 'crazy' moves, so we practise and then go for it. I am more conservative than him, but he motivates me to be more creative on the court." (canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 21 Jan 2015)

Legend
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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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