Diego Simonet

{{short description|Argentine handball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Diego Simonet

| image = Diego Simonet 20141203.jpg

| caption = Simonet in 2014

| fullname = Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vicente López, Argentina

| height = 1.89 m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Montpellier Handball

| clubnumber = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2010–

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 90

| nationalgoals1 = 458

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Team}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Santiago|Team}}

{{Medal|Silver|2015 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|South and Central American Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Brazil|}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Brazil|}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Argentina|}}

{{Medal|Competition|South American Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2022 Asunción|Team}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Cochabamba|Team}}

}}

Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes{{fnf|Simonet|Moldes|lang=Spanish}} (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team.{{cite web |url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/ARG.pdf |title=2015 World Championship Roster |publisher=IHF |access-date=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218194719/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/ARG.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2014}}

He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics,{{cite web |title=Diego Simonet |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/diego-simonet-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115934/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/diego-simonet-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=14 August 2012}} 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain and 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014).

Two of his brothers, Sebastian and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/diego-simonet-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115934/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/diego-simonet-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Diego Simonet Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=22 December 2018}}