Diego Simonet

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Diego Simonet
Diego Simonet 20141203.jpg
Simonet in 2014
Personal information
Full name Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes
Born (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 35)
Vicente López, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Montpellier Handball
Number 4
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–
Argentina 90 (458)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
South and Central American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Brazil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Brazil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Argentina
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Cochabamba Team

Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes [a] (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team. [1]

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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

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simonetand the second or maternal family name is Moldes.

References

  1. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. "Diego Simonet". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "Diego Simonet Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2018.