Marta Mangué González (born 23 April 1983) is a Spanish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er for Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball and the Spanish national team. She was part of the Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. 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. Mangué competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, where the Spanish team reached the quarter finals, and finished 6th in the tournament. She won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

in Almería. Mangué played at the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for th ...

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, where the Spanish team defeated Germany in the semifinal, 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. Spain followed this up with an Olympic bronze in 2012 and a European silver in 2014.

Personal life

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

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* 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Las Palmas Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Spanish female handball players Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Expatriate handball players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Bisexual sportswomen LGBT handball players Spanish bisexual people Spanish LGBT sportspeople Mediterranean Games medalists in handball 21st-century Spanish women {{Spain-handball-bio-stub