The practice of sports in Argentina is varied due to the population's diverse European origins and the mostly mild climate. Association football is the most popular discipline and other sports played both professionally and recreatively athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, handball, mountaineering, mountain biking, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, rugby union, sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Argentine achievements can be found in team sports such as association football, basketball, field hockey and rugby union, and individual sports such as boxing, golf, tennis and rowing. Pato, the national sport, is not very popular.
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 December 2011.
Mayara Fier de Moura is a Brazilian handballer. She is a member of the Brazilian national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Silvina Schlesinger is an Argentine handball goalkeeper from. She defends Argentina, such as at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Manuela Pizzo is an Argentine handball player for BM Bera Bera and the Argentina women's national handball team.
Lucia Haro is an Argentine handball player. She plays for Unión Eléctrica and defended Argentina at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Magdalena Decilio is a team handball player from Argentina. She defends Argentina, such as at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.
Luciana Mendoza is an Argentine handball player for Achenheim Truchtersheim Handball and the Argentina women's national handball team.
Victoria Crivelli is an Argentine handball player for Ferro Carril Oeste and the Argentina national team.
Valentina Kogan is an Argentine handball goalkeeper. She plays for Vilo and the Argentina national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Antonela Lucía Mena is an Argentine handball player for CID Moreno and the Argentina national team.
Valeria Bianchi is an Argentine handball player. She defends Argentina, such as at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Silvana Totolo is a team handball player from Argentina. She defends Argentina, such as at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Yvette Broch is a Dutch professional handball player, who plays for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.
Marisol Carratú Santoro is an Argentine handball goalkeeper for CB Atlético Guardés and the Argentina women's national handball team.
Argentina competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015. On June 1, 2015, track cyclist and former Olympic gold medalist Walter Pérez was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.
The women's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre from July 16 to 24.
Rocío Campigli is an Argentine handball player for Club Balonmano Femenino Málaga Costa del Sol and the Argentina women's national handball team. She is a former player of Estudiantes
Florencia Ponce de Leon is an Argentine handball player for the Liberbank Gijón and the Argentine national team.
The South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) (Spanish: Confederación Sur y Centro Americana de Balonmano (COSCABAL)) is the governing body of the Olympic sport of Handball and Beach handball in South America and Central America. It is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF).
