Marta Mangué

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Marta Mangué

| image = Marta Mangue 20170519.jpg

| caption = Mangué with Brest in 2017

| fullname = Marta Mangué González

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Las Palmas, Spain

| height = 1.70m

| position = Left back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2000–2002

| clubs1 = Rocasa Gran Canaria

| years2 = 2002–2004

| clubs2 = Astroc Sagunto

| years3 = 2004–2007

| clubs3 = Cem. la Union-Ribarroja

| years4 = 2007–2011

| clubs4 = Team Esbjerg

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = ŽRK Zaječar

| years6 = 2012–2015

| clubs6 = Fleury Loiret HB

| years7 = 2015–2020

| clubs7 = Brest

| years8 = 2020–2022

| clubs8 = Bourg-de-Péage

| years9 = 2022–2023

| clubs9 = Rocasa G.C. ACE

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2017

| nationalteam1 = Spain

| nationalcaps1 = 301

| nationalgoals1 = 1034

| medaltemplates =

}}

Marta Mangué González (born 23 April 1983) is a Spanish former handballer who played as a left back.

She was part of the Spain national team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title = Marta Mangué Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/marta-mangue-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/marta-mangue-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate = 2015-06-05}} {{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/ESP-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|website=handball.sportresult.com|publisher=EHF|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131731/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/ESP-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}

He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/new-legends-of-the-game-inducted-into-ehf-hall-of-fame/|title=New legends of the game inducted into EHF Hall of Fame|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=28 January 2025}}

Career

Mangué played for ŽRK Zaječar for one and a half seasons, however, due to financial reasons the Serbian club let her go in mid-December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://handnews.fr/2012/lfh-transfert-marta-mangue-arrive-a-fleury/|title=Marta Mangué Arrive À Fleury!|publisher=Handnews|date=22 December 2012|accessdate=22 December 2012|language=French}}

Mangué competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the Spanish team reached the quarter finals, and finished 6th in the tournament.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/marta-mangue-1.html Profile: Marta Mangué] sports-reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008)

She won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.

Mangué played at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia, where the Spanish team defeated Germany in the semifinal,{{cite web|url=http://www.diariosur.es/20081213/deportes/seleccion-femenina-balonmano-llega-200812131538.html |title=La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia |date=2008-12-13 |language=Spanish|accessdate=2008-12-14}} 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.{{Cite web|title = Mundial Feminino Handebol Brasil 2011|url = http://handballbrazil2011.com/us/details_news.asp?id=703&contexto=02.03|website = handballbrazil2011.com|accessdate = 2015-06-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151225153129/http://handballbrazil2011.com/us/details_news.asp?id=703&contexto=02.03|archive-date = 2015-12-25|url-status = dead}} Spain followed this up with an Olympic bronze in 2012 and a European silver in 2014.

Personal life

Mangué is bisexual.{{Cite web|title=Marta y el sexo: Mangué, la 'galáctica´ del balonmano español|url=http://www.interviu.es/entrevistas/articulos/marta-y-el-sexo-mangue-la-galactica-del-balonmano-espanol|last=Muñoz|first=José Manuel|date=19 February 2007|publisher=Interviú|accessdate=18 May 2017|quote=If I really like (a man), I will not stop until I get him. I am very capricious and if he gets difficult, I like him more… No (I'm not a lesbian), but I'm very open and I would not mind anything|language=Spanish|trans-title=Marta and sex: Mangué, the 'galactic' of Spanish handball|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629071420/http://www.interviu.es/entrevistas/articulos/marta-y-el-sexo-mangue-la-galactica-del-balonmano-espanol|archive-date = 2016-06-29|url-status = dead}} In September 2016, she became a mother after her partner gave birth to a child.{{cite web|url=http://www.teldeactualidad.com/hemeroteca/noticia/deportes/2016/09/14/8891.html|language=Spanish|trans-title=The Teldense sportswoman Marta Mangué debuts as a mother|date=14 September 2016|publisher=Telde Actualidad|accessdate=18 May 2017|title=La deportista teldense Marta Mangué se estrena como madre}}