Marta Mangué

Marta Mangué González (born 23 April 1983) is a Spanish handballer for Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball and the Spanish national team.

Marta Mangué
Marta Mangué in 2017
Personal information
Full name Marta Mangué González
Born (1983-04-23) 23 April 1983
Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball
Number 17
Senior clubs
Years Team
2000–2002
 Rocasa Gran Canaria
2002–2004
 Astroc Sagunto
2004–2007
 Cem. la Union-Ribarroja
2007–2011
 Team Esbjerg
2011–2012
 ŽRK Zaječar
2012–2015
 Fleury Loiret HB
2015–2020
 Brest Bretagne Handball
2020–
 Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–
 Spain 301 (1034)
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
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mangué and the second or maternal family name is González.

She was part of the Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]

Mangué played for ŽRK Zaječar for one and a half seasons, however, due to financial reasons the Serbian club let her go in mid-December 2012.[3]

Mangué competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the Spanish team reached the quarter finals, and finished 6th in the tournament.[4]

She won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.

Mangué played at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia, where the Spanish team defeated Germany in the semifinal,[5] and received silver medals after losing the final. Mangué ended up among the top ten goalscorers at the tournament.

At the 2011 World Championships, Mangué was part of the first Spanish women's team to win a medal at world level.[6] Spain followed this up with an Olympic bronze in 2012 and a European silver in 2014.

Personal life

Mangué is bisexual.[7] In September 2016, she became a mother after her partner gave birth to a child.[8]

References
  1. "Marta Mangué Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. "Marta Mangué Arrive À Fleury!" (in French). Handnews. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  4. Profile: Marta Mangué sports-reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008)
  5. "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia" (in Spanish). 2008-12-13. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  6. "Mundial Feminino Handebol Brasil 2011". handballbrazil2011.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  7. Muñoz, José Manuel (19 February 2007). "Marta y el sexo: Mangué, la 'galáctica´ del balonmano español" [Marta and sex: Mangué, the 'galactic' of Spanish handball] (in Spanish). Interviú. Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 18 May 2017. If I really like (a man), I will not stop until I get him. I am very capricious and if he gets difficult, I like him more… No (I'm not a lesbian), but I'm very open and I would not mind anything
  8. "La deportista teldense Marta Mangué se estrena como madre" [The Teldense sportswoman Marta Mangué debuts as a mother] (in Spanish). Telde Actualidad. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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