Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a 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 ...

goalkeeper for

BM Remudas Balonmano Remudas, a.k.a. Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's team handball, handball club from Telde in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Founded in 1978, ten years later it was promoted t ...

and formerly the Spanish national team. She holds two bronze medals from the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Club

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

International championships

She competed internationally at the

2010 European Women's Handball Championship The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7 to 19 December. It was the first European Championship hosted by two countries. Norway won their overall 5th gold medal, when they defeated first time finalist ...

, where Spain placed 11th, and Navarro was listed among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 39%. She 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 ...

, where Spain placed 3rd, and Navarro was listed first among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 46%. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, Span won the bronze medal, Silvia Navarro was listed 4th among the top ten goalkeepers of the championship with a rate of 37%.

Honours

;Club *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Finalist'': 2011 **''Semi-finalist'': 2013 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

: **''Winner'': 2009 **''Finalist'': 2008 ;National team *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2011 *

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

: **''Silver Medallist'': 2008 *

Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ...

: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2012

Individual awards

Carpathian Trophy The Carpathian Trophy () is an annual men's and women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation The Romanian Handball Federation () (FRH) is the governing body of handball in Romania. It is based in Bucharest. FR ...

Best Goalkeeper: 2013 *Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports MeritSilvia Navarro
. nbcolympics.com

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro, Silvia 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Valencia Spanish female handball players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Spain SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players Olympic medalists in handball Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain Handball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Spanish expatriate handball players in Romania