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
	Argentina	170 (3)
Medal record Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan American Championship 2009 Santiago 2007 Santo Domingo 2015 Havana South American Games 2010 Medellín Team

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

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. The couple is expecting twins, conceived by artificial insemination.^[2][6]

Career

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) 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 the Pan American Championship after defeating Brazil. She also won the gold medal at the 2010 South American Games held in Medellín, Colombia.

Kogan retired from the Argentinian National Squad after the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, finishing an 18-years long presence at the national team and after the first ever participation of Argentina in Women's Handball at the Olympic Games.^[4][8]

Individual Achievements

• Top Goalkeeper:
  • 2015 Pan American Games

References

1. "XX Women's World Handball Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Argentina" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
2. Río 2016: Valentina Kogan, la arquera del handball que ya tiene su medalla
3. “El deseo de mi vida se hizo realidad”
4. "Creo que es el cierre perfecto"
5. El regreso de la número 1
6. La historia de amor de la arquera que será mamá después de Río 2016
7. Valentina Kogan:Home
8. El alocado festejo de la selección femenina de handball que sorprendió a los canadienses