Macarena Aguilar
Aguilar in 2013
Personal information
Full name Macarena Aguilar Díaz
Born (1985-03-12) 12 March 1985
Bolaños de Calatrava, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001–2009
 Sagunto
2009–2012
 SD Itxako
2012–2014
 Randers HK
2014–2015
 Győri ETO KC
2015
 Rostov-Don
2015–2016
 Siófok KC
2016–2018
 Thüringer HC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2017
 Spain 240 (638)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2011 Brazil
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2008 Macedonia
Silver medal – second place2014 Croatia/Hungary
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2005 AlmeríaTeam

Macarena Aguilar Díaz[lower-alpha 1] (born 12 March 1985)[1] is a Spanish former handball player who played for the Spanish national team.[2][3][4]

Club career

Aguilar started her senior career at Balonmano Sagunto, where she stayed for eight years.[5] With Sagunto, she won every domestic competition: the Spanish Championship, Spanish League Cup, Queen's Cup (Spanish: Copa de la Reina) and Spanish Supercup.[6] In July 2009, she moved to Estella to play for Itxako.[5] From 2016 to 2018, she played for the German team Thüringer HC.[1]

National team

Aguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.[7] She won silver medals at the 2008 European Championship,[8] where the Spanish team reached the final after defeating Germany in the semifinal,[9] and the 2014 European Championship, where the team was defeated by Norway in the final.[10]

From 2004 to 2017, Aguilar played 240 matches and scored 638 goals for the national team.[11] She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,[12] where the Spanish team placed third. She was also part of the Spanish team that won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011 World Championship.[13]

Injuries and awards

Aguilar broke her nose five times during her career. She missed nine months of competition in 2008 due to a knee injury, and fractured a metatarsal bone on her foot at the 2012 European Championships. In 2013, she received the Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

References

  1. 1 2 "European Handball Federation - Macarena Aguilar Diaz / Player". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Gurbindo, Andrea (31 July 2009). "Macarena Aguilar, nueva incorporación del Itxako" (in Spanish). Diariodenavarra.es. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Macarena Aguilar. nbcolympics.com
  5. 1 2 "Itxako está muy cerca de fichar a la central Macarena Aguilar". Diario de Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  6. ↑ Ambroš, Ivan (10 August 2009). "Itxako sign Macarena Aguilar". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Handball – Medals by Event – Women". Centro de Documentación y Exposición de los Juegos Mediterraneos. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Official squads, Women's EURO 2008. Spain team roster". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  9. ↑ "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia" (in Spanish). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  10. ↑ "Norway win sixth EHF EURO gold". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "RFEBM - Real Federación Española de Balonmano" (in Spanish). R.F.E.BM. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Spain" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Macarena Aguilar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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