Elisabeth "Eli" Pinedo Sáenz (born 13 May 1981) is a retired Spanish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. She was part of the Spanish team at the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for t ...

, where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating

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in the semifinal. She also competed at the

2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 De ...

in Brazil, where the Spanish team placed third.Eli Pinedo
sports-reference.com Her

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sister Patri was also a Spanish international handball player.

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1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Álava Identical twins Spanish female handball players Spanish twins Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Olympic handball players for Spain Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish expatriate handball players in Denmark 21st-century Spanish sportswomen Odense Håndbold players Twin teammates in sports {{Spain-handball-bio-stub