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

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

er who played as a left back. She was part of the Spain national team that won the bronze medal at the

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. He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.

Career

Mangué played for

ŽRK Zaječar Ženski rukometni klub Zaječar (Serbian Cyrillic: Женски рукометни клуб Зајечар, ) is a women's Team handball, handball club from Zaječar, Serbia. Currently, ŽRK Zaječar competes in the Serbian Super League of Handb ...

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

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, 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 ...

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. Mangué played at the

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, where the Spanish team defeated

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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 Handball players at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Bisexual sportswomen LGBTQ handball players Spanish bisexual women Spanish bisexual sportspeople Mediterranean Games medalists in handball 21st-century Spanish sportswomen Spanish expatriate handball players in Denmark Spanish expatriate handball players in France Team Esbjerg players Brest Bretagne players {{Spain-handball-bio-stub