Sebastian Simonet, The eldest of three brothers, he was the first Olympian in the family, achieving it with the Men’s handball team, “The Gladiators”in London 2012 and then repeated in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020+1.
Diego is a figure of the handball European for decades but could not be in Brazil due to a torn cruciate ligament, while Pablo, the youngest, did make his debut in Riverso the three of them fulfilled their dream of sharing the court in Japan.
But Paris 2024 It will also be special forever. And not only for the French capital, which is hosting the Olympics for the third time in history (equalling what was achieved by London).
It is that the own Pablo proposed to her to the “Lioness” Pilar Campoymember of the women’s field hockey team.
And he looked for a special moment: two days before the Opening Ceremony of these Games and in the Olympic Village.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games: the intimacy of Pablo Simonet’s unusual marriage proposal to Pilar Campoy
“I had been planning it for four months, I was already looking forward to it because we have been together for nine years,” Pablo told Noticias Argentinas.
“I waited because I knew that this moment was very special. For Pilar it required a huge effort to bet on being in the Olympic Games”he indicated.
Why the effort? It’s that while he was playing in Spainshe had to go back to Argentina to train, a sine qua non requirement to join the team The lioness.
“She would love to play abroad and also be in `Las Leonas`, but she accepted the conditions. I told her not to hesitate because the Games are worth it. She returned with her suitcases to Argentina with tremendous enthusiasm and now we are happy,” he added. Simonet.
Pilar and Pablo have been together since the second half of 2015. And these are the seconds Olympic Games that they share after Rio 2016.
“We probably live in it now Spainnearly Malaga. Maybe she will leave the national team or not, I don’t know,” says the player who has already signed with Puente Genil Handball Club of the prestigious ASOBAL league of Spain for next season.
To carry out the proposal that was widely circulated in the media around the world, he needed an accomplice: “I knew it myself,” Diego told NA in the mixed zone of the Arena Paris Sud 6.
“I asked that we take a photo with the teams that had the most consecutive qualifications or something similar. Any excuse would do. My parents found out through the networks and so did my older brother.”he explained.
Sebastianthen, was one of the most surprised: “I found out through the networks like any mortal but it was better because it was a surprise for everyone,” he said in the vicinity of the stadium where he lives his quarters. Olympic Games, but first off the court.
“He made the rest of us look bad because he set the bar very high by doing it in a Olympic Game“, he said ironically.
Source: Ambito

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