Rafael Guijosa

Rafael Guijosa Castillo (born 31 January 1969, in Alcalá de Henares) is a former Spanish handball player, and current manager of Iran men's national handball team. When playing for the Spanish national team, he won bronze medals both in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]

Rafael Guijosa
Personal information
Born31 January 1969
Medal record
Men's Handball
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
European Championship
Silver medal – second place1998 Italy
Bronze medal – third place2000 Croatia

Guijosa was voted World Player of the Year 1999 by the International Handball Federation.[2]

References
  1. Profile: "Rafael Guijosa" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 26, 2008)
  2. Previous World Handball Players Archived 2009-06-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on January 26, 2008)


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