Jessica Alonso Bernardo (born 20 September 1983 in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

) is a former Spanish

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player, who was of the Spanish women's national team. She was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating

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in the semifinal. She was also part of the bronze medal-winning Spanish teams at the 2011 World Championships (the first world championship medal for the Spanish women's team) and the

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1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Gijón Spanish female handball players Olympic medalists in handball Olympic handball players of Spain Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Spanish women {{Spain-handball-bio-stub