Rocío Campigli (born 6 August 1994) is an Argentine

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 ...

player for Club Balonmano Femenino Málaga Costa del Sol and the

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. She is a former player of Estudiantes She defended at the

2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 ag ...

in Denmark.

Individual awards and achievements

She defended

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at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. Her nicknames are "La Roca " and "La negra " and her favourite relative is her cousin, Gonzalo Campigli, as he has taught her many things about sport and training.

Best pivot

2016 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship The 2016 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship was the first edition of the tournament organised by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation, and was held in Santiago, Chile 1–5 November. Participating teams * Ferro Carril Oeste * Me ...

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* Argentine female handball players 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in handball Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Handball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2023 Pan American Games South American Games silver medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in handball Expatriate handball players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-handball-bio-stub