Silvia Navarro (handballer)

Silvia Navarro
Navarro in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Silvia Navarro Giménez
Born	(1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45) Valencia, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	BM Remudas
Number	16
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1997–1999	Milar L'Eliana
1999–2004	El Ferrobus Mislata
2004–2006	Astroc Sagunto
2006–2012	SD Itxako
2012–2013	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2013–	BM Remudas
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2020	Spain	249	(13)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2019 Japan 2011 Brazil European Championship 2014 Croatia/Hungary

Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and formerly the Spanish national team.[1]

She holds two bronze medals from the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Summer Olympics.[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 internationally at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where Spain placed 11th, and Navarro was listed among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 39%.[5]

She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, where Spain 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, Span won the bronze medal, Silvia Navarro was listed 4th among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 37%.[7]

Honours

Club

• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2011
  • Semi-finalist: 2013
• EHF Cup:
  • Winner: 2009
  • Finalist: 2008

National team

• World Championship:
  • Bronze Medallist: 2011
• European Championship:
  • Silver Medallist: 2008
• Olympics:
  • Bronze Medallist: 2012

Individual awards

• Carpathian Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2013[8]
• Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit[9]

References

1. "Silvia Navarro Gimenez Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silvia Navarro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
4. "Silvia Navarro acompañará Sandy Barbosa en el Oltchim". Area Balonmano. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
5. "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Goalkeeper statistics" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
6. "XX Women's World Championship 2011 Brasil. Goalkeeper Statistics" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
7. "Leading Players – Goalkeepers". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
8. "VIDEO Barbosa, alesă cea mai bună jucătoare de la "Trofeul Carpați"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 March 2013.
9. Silvia Navarro Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com

External links

• Silvia Navarro at the European Handball Federation
• Silvia Navarro at Olympics.com
• Silvia Navarro at Olympedia