Macarena Aguilar

Macarena Aguilar

Aguilar in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Macarena Aguilar Díaz
Born	12 March 1985 Bolaños de Calatrava, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Thüringer HC
Number	15
Senior clubs
0000–2009 2009–2012 2012–2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 2016–	Sagunto SD Itxako Randers HK Győri Audi ETO KC Rostov-Don Siófok KC Thüringer HC
National team
2004–	Spain	215 (586)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2011 Brazil European Championship 2008 Macedonia 2014 Croatia/Hungary Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Team

Macarena Aguilar Díaz (born 12 March 1985)^[1] is a Spanish handballer, playing for the club Thüringer HC^[2] and the Spanish national team.^[3][4][5]

Club career

Aguilar started her senior career at Balonmano Sagunto, where she stayed for eight years.^[6] With Sagunto, she won every domestic competition: Spanish Championship, Spanish League Cup, Queen's Cup (Spanish: Copa de la Reina) and Spanish Supercup.^[7] In July 2009, she moved to Estella to play for Itxako.^[6] Currently she plays for the German team Thüringer HC.

National team

Macarena Aguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.^[8] She also competed at the 2008 European Championship,^[9] where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating Germany in the semifinal.^[10]

As of August 2009, Aguilar has played 88 matches^[11] and scored 253 goals^[12] for the national team. She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,^[13] 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.^[14]

Injuries and awards

Aguilar broke her nose five times during her career. She lost nine months of competitions 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.^[5]

References

1. "Itxako está muy cerca de fichar a la central Macarena Aguilar". Diario de Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
2. "Вице-чемпионка Европы Макарена Агилар подписала контракт с «Ростов-Доном»" (in Russian). donnews.ru. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. Gurbindo, Andrea (31 July 2009). "Macarena Aguilar, nueva incorporación del Itxako" (in Spanish). Diariodenavarra.es. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
4. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
5. Macarena Aguilar. nbcolympics.com
6. "Itxako está muy cerca de fichar a la central Macarena Aguilar". Diario de Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
7. Ambroš, Ivan (10 August 2009). "Itxako sign Macarena Aguilar". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
8. "Handball – Medals by Event – Women". Centro de Documentación y Exposición de los Juegos Mediterraneos. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
9. "Official squads, Women's EURO 2008. Spain team roster". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
10. "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia" (in Spanish). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
11. "Máximas Alineaciones" (in Spanish). R.F.E.BM. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
12. "Máximas Goleradoras" (in Spanish). R.F.E.BM. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
13. "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Spain" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
14. "Macarena Aguilar Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.