Valentina Kogan
| Valentina Kogan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
19 March 1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Nationality | Argentine | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vilo | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Argentina | 170 | (3) | |
Valentina Kogan (born 19 March 1980) 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.[1]
Biography[edit]
Valentina Kogan is diabetic since the age of 10, and vegetarian since the age of 15.[2] She started playing handball when she was in middle school at Colegio Tarbut, a Jewish private school with a trilingual education program.[3] Kogan studied International Relations at the University of San Andrés,[4] and is married since 2013[5] to Carolina Rieger. As of 2016, the couple is expecting twins, conceived by artificial insemination.[2][6]
Career[edit]
Kogan played professionally in Spain between 2002 and 2005 for the Spanish team Vícar Goya Koppert.[5][7] She is also the director of Club de Corredores, a company dedicated to the organization of marathons and outdoor races.[5]
As the goalkeeper for the National squad, she won silver medals at three Pan American Games (Santo Domingo 2003, Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015)[8] and the bronze medal at the Pan American Women's Handball Championship (Santo Domingo 2007), plus a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. In 2009, the team won the gold medal of the Pan American Championship after defeating Brazil. She also won the gold medal at the 2010 South American Games held in Medellín, Colombia.[9]
Kogan retired from the Argentina National team after the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing an 18-years long presence at the international level and inaugural participation of Argentina in Women's Handball at the Olympic Games.[4][10]
Individual Achievements[edit]
- Top Goalkeeper:
References[edit]
- ^ "XX Women's World Handball Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Argentina" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ a b Río 2016: Valentina Kogan, la arquera del handball que ya tiene su medalla
- ^ “El deseo de mi vida se hizo realidad”
- ^ a b ""Creo que es el cierre perfecto"". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ a b c El regreso de la número 1
- ^ La historia de amor de la arquera que será mamá después de Río 2016
- ^ Valentina Kogan:Home
- ^ "Olympedia – Valentina Kogan". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "InterSportStats". intersportstats.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ El alocado festejo de la selección femenina de handball que sorprendió a los canadienses
External links[edit]
- Valentina Kogan at Olympedia
- Valentina Kogan at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Argentine Jews
- Argentine female handball players
- Lesbian Jews
- Argentine LGBT sportspeople
- Argentine lesbians
- LGBT handball players
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Argentina
- Handball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Handball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Handball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in handball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Handball players from Buenos Aires
- South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- South American Games medalists in handball
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Argentine women