Caterina Benedetti
Benedetti at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Caterina Benedetti Gorga | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Cati Benedetti | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Argentina women's national beach handball team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 15, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Beach handball | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Lateral[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ikasa Balonmano Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Argentina women's national beach handball team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caterina Benedetti Gorga (Buenos Aires, May 15, 2000) is an Argentine Beach handball player, who plays for Argentina women's national beach handball team.
History
She was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Cup in Mauritius and won the Pan American Championship in Paraguay that same year.[2]
At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he represented her country in the beach handball discipline, a competition where she won the gold medal with her team defeating the Croatian women's team in the final.[3][4]
At the 2019 South American Beach Games in Rosario, Argentina, she won a gold medal in beach handball, defeating the Brazilian women's team in the final.[5][6]
Career
Caterina Benedetti played for the following teams:[7]
- Sociedad Escolar y Deportiva Alemana Lanús Oeste (2017-2020)
- Club Balonmano Puerto del Carmen (2020-2021)
- Club Balonmano Morvedre (2021-2022)
- Club Deportivo Balonmano Aula (2022-2023)
- Club Balonmano Pereda (2023-2024)
- Club Deportivo Elemental iKasa Balónmano Madrid (2024-2025)
Achievements
Podiums
| Year | Place | Rival | Match score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Buenos Aires | Croatia women's national junior beach handball team | 2–0 | Gold |
| 2019 | Rosario | Brazil women's national beach handball team | 7-6 | Gold |
| 2025 | Alburquerque | Unas | 2-0 | Gold |
References
- ^ CAH (2018-09-26). "Las nueve jugadoras argentinas de beach handball para los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud". Handball Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ^ "Argentina Dorada". argentinadorada.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ^ "Buenos Aires 2018". Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ^ "Conoce a las Kamikazes, las campeonas olímpicas que la rompen en el beach handball - Chilevisión". www.chilevision.cl. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ^ Pública, TVP-Televisión (2019-03-19). "Las Kamikazes se llevaron el oro en una definición apasionante". TVP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ^ CAH (2019-03-19). "¡Histórico oro para la Selección Argentina femenina en Rosario 2019!". Handball Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ^ "Cati Benedetti - iKasa BM - Perfil del Jugador". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-31.