Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine

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player for

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and the

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. He represented

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at the

2011 World Men's Handball Championship The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13 to 30 January 2011. All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, L ...

in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics,

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in Spain and

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in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014). Two of his brothers,

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and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions.

Awards and recognition

*Clubs **

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: 2016 *

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: Best right wing

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at the

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* * 1989 births Living people Argentine male handball players Argentine people of French descent Olympic handball players for Argentina Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Handball players from Buenos Aires Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in handball Pan American Games silver medalists in handball Montpellier Handball players South American Games silver medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics CB Torrevieja players Argentine expatriate handball players in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate handball players in France {{Argentina-handball-bio-stub Occitan sportspeople