Silvia Navarro (handballer)

Silvia Navarro

Navarro in 2013
Personal information
Full name Silvia Navarro Gimenez
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979
Valencia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Nickname La Mujer Araña
Club information
Current club BM Remudas
Number 16
Senior clubs
1998–2000
2000–2004
2004–2006
2006–2012
2012–2013
2013–
BM Sagunto
El Ferrobus Mislata
BM Sagunto
SD Itxako
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
BM Remudas
National team
  Spain 141 (2)

Silvia Navarro Jiménez (born 20 March 1979)[1] is a Spanish handball goalkeeper who won bronze medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olypmics. She currently plays for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team.[2][3]

Club

Navarro Gimenez followed ex-teammate Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa and signed for Romanian top club Vâlcea in May 2012.[4]

International championships

She competed at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team placed 11th, and Navarro was listed among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 39%.[5]

She also competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team placed 3rd, and Navarro was listed first among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 46%.[6]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, where the Spanish team won the bronze medal, Silvia Navarro was listed fourth among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 37%.[7]

Honours

Club
National team

Individual awards

References

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