Quick Facts
Biography
Silvia Navarro Giménez (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and the Spain 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, where the 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, where the 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, 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:
- 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
- Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit