CAROU Gonzalo Matias

Date of Birth: 15 Aug 1979

Age: 41

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: BUENOS AIRES

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : 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
10	Men	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2021	Egypt
12	Men	2015	Qatar
12	Men	2011	Sweden
16	Men	2007	Germany
17	Men	2019
17	Men	2003	Portugal
18	Men	2017	France
18	Men	2013	Spain
18	Men	2009	Croatia
18	Men	2005	Tunisia

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2018	Greenland

Occupation:

Wife Constanza, son Mateo, daughter Emma

Languages spoken:

BM Puerto Sagunto [Spain] since 2020/21

Vicent Nogues [club], ESP; Manuel Cadenas [national], ESP

Position style:

Pivot (leonoticias.com, 05 Jan 2020)

1999 for Argentina (elgrafico.com.ar, 20 Apr 2015)

In May 2016 he fractured the third metacarpal in his left hand. The injury was expected to keep him out of action for six weeks. (masdeporte.as.com, 09 May 2016; canchallena.lanacion.ar, 07 May 2016)

National league:

Liga ASOBAL [ESP] (mundodeportivo.com, 04 Dec 2020)

He first tried handball at age eight during primary school. After playing both handball and basketball, he chose to focus on handball in high school. At age 18 he joined the River Plate club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (balonmanoatuspies.wordpress.com, 18 Oct 2014; pasionhandball.blogspot.com, 10 Mar 2011)

A friend encouraged him to join his school's handball team. "I have a lot of fun when I play. Sometimes there are difficult moments when I would like to leave it and never come back, but once I start getting ready at the dressing room I just want to play and win at any cost. At that moment, I forget that I am a professional, I have an amateur's desire to win." (eduardogallazzi.com.ar, 04 Aug 2013; pasionhandball.blogspot.com, 10 Mar 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He also aspires to work as a handball coach following his retirement from the sport. (lanacion.com.ar, 14 Jan 2019; handballargentina.org, 13 Nov 2019; balonmanoveteranos.com, 18 Sep 2019)

US basketball player John Stockton, Argentinian footballer Ramon Medina Bello. (coarg.org.ar, 09 Nov 2012)

Coach Guillermo Cazon. (ficda.esc.edu.ar, 26 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"Talent is just a part of success, the rest is hard work and sacrifice." [Dusko Ivanovic] (eduardogallazzi.com.ar, 04 Aug 2013)

He was named Best Defender of the 2019/20 Spanish Liga ASOBAL season. (mundodeportivo.com, 04 Dec 2020)

In November 2019 he received a sporting achievement award from the Royal Spanish Handball Federation after becoming the foreign player with the most appearances in the Liga ASOBAL. (handballargentina.org, 13 Nov 2019)

In July 2012 he was named an Outstanding Sporting Personality in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (legislatura.gov.ar, 06 Jul 2012)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
He says he plans to retire from competitive handball after competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Following his retirement, he aspires to work as a handball coach. "When I finish my career, I will be coaching. I will see if it will be at a club in Spain or somewhere else. Maybe Argentina, that tempts me to return." (mundodeportivo.com, 04 Dec 2020; handballargentina.org, 13 Nov 2019; balonmanoveteranos.com, 18 Sep 2019)

LEADER
He has captained the Argentina men's handball team. "I've been a captain for 10 years [speaking in 2018]. It is something that you see as something normal, as typical, but if you try to take it into perspective the truth that it is something that I would never have imagined. I was aiming to be in the national team, to play a World Cup and suddenly I became a captain, but you have to try to distance yourself from that and then realise how special it is, of what it means to represent the country and be lucky enough to be a better captain." (Twitter profile, 13 Feb 2020; unidiversidad.com.ar, 06 Jul 2018)

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Legend

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

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