Mireia Rodriguez She is the fashionable woman in Spanish handball. The 31-year-old Catalan, after much effort, has managed to compete with a senior men’s team after her request was approved by the Castilla-La Mancha Handball Federation and also by the rest of the rivals that make up the second Castilian-La Mancha territorial division. His story has been echoed in the national and even foreign press. “I am happy about the repercussion, it is always good that handball appears in the media, but I could never hope that even a French television would come to interview me in the first game”, Mireia points out.
“I just wanted to play handball. In my family we are crazy about sports and I could never imagine that this topic would have such an impact. I have received messages from many people in Spain who had found themselves in a similar situation and they have made me very excited. I believe that a woman can also compete with men and I hope that from my case, these types of stories are already common in the world of sports “.
Mireia has arrived in Albacete this summer since her husband, footballer Rubén Martínez, signed for Albacete Balompié, a team that is trying to be promoted to the Second Division. She wanted to play handball and has found her second family in the Albacete Handball Club. Rodríguez highlights the good atmosphere: “I have great luck with the dressing room, there is a lot of humor and these days they are playing a lot of jokes on me, I can only have words of thanks to my coach and my teammates.”
Saturday was magical for Mireia and Rubén. “Debuting with a goal has been something magical, I just want to help my team, I don’t care to play one minute than several. My goal is always to help but I have to admit that it was a good day: victory and also a goal, that is no longer Nobody takes it from me (laughs) “, explains Mireia about the victory against Cabanillas. Hours later, her husband achieved the winning goal for the La Mancha team against Linares at the Carlos Belmonte. “It was a good Saturday because when you love a person and you see him happy, it makes you happier. We celebrate it in style. Rubén and I know that this story will pass and we will have to continue with the day to day in our lives. “
The happiness of both completes it his son Leo. “He is already used to going to pavilions and stadiums like other children go to the park. He is three years old. and he’s starting to kick the soccer ball for the first time, what we want is for him to be happy with what he does, “concludes Mireia.
