Silvia Navarro Jimenez


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Birth date
Age
20/03/1979 
33
Height
Weight
Gender
169 cm / 5'7" 
62 kg / 137 lbs 
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RankEventYearLocation
World Championship
3Women2011Brazil

Hobbies

All sports, reading, music and hanging out with family and friends. (balonmanofemenino.com, 2007)

Club name

Asfi Itxako Navarra, Navarra, ESP

Coach

Jorge Duenas [national] (ecodiario.eleconomista.es, 11 Dec 2011)

Position and style

Goalkeeper (alondres2012.com, 06 Oct 2011)

Additional information

Reason for taking up this sport
As a child she loved many sports, but once she tried handball she became addicted to it. "It was the feeling of having the ball in my hands, the possibility of making a good save, handball filled my life." (balonmanofemenino.com, 2007)

Superstitions / Rituals
"I don't really believe in them, but when I warm up I always stand next to the same players and the same for getting on the court." (balonmanofemenino.com, 2011)

General
HEADING TO ROMANIA
She will play for the Romanian club Oltchiim Valcea, the reigning Romanian champions, in the 2012-13 season. (deportecienporcien.blogspot.com.es, 16 May 2012)

LIFE AS A GOALIE
She enjoys the 'isolation' that being a goalkeeper brings. "Goalkeepers are always a bit more isolated from the group. When we travel with the club, they always put us in the same room, we are the only couple that doesn't change and that's better, we need that special connection." (balonmanofemenino.com, 2011)

CHOOSING THE GOAL
She is aware of her small size as a goalkeeper but has always felt suited to the role. "We have to be honest, I'm only 168cm tall. The goalie prototype is a tall, strong figure. But I don't waste time thinking I should be taller. I remember playing in juniors they put me both in the goal and in the court, and I felt safer defending the goal." (balonmanofemenino.com, 2011)


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