Diego Simonet
Argentine handball player
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Full name | Diego Esteban Simonet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 34) Vicente López, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Montpellier Handball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010– | Argentina | 90 | (458) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diego Esteban Simonet (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team.[1]
He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics,[2] 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain and 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014).
Two of his brothers, Sebastian and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions.[3]
Awards and recognition
- Clubs
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2016
- 2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship: Best right wing
References
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Diego Simonet". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Diego Simonet Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diego Simonet.
- Diego Simonet at the European Handball Federation
- Diego Simonet at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Diego Simonet at Olympedia
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