Beno Lapajne is a professional handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player currently playing for the national team of Slovenia as its goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

. He has taken part in many international events including the Athens Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in 2004 and Sydney Olympics in 2000.

He started his career in the handball club HC Inles - Ribnica. He later played in clubs HC Pivovarna Laško (SLO), HC Gorenje (SLO), HC Prule 67 (SLO),US Ivry (F),HC Gold Club (SLO), HC Zagreb (CRO), BM Aragon (ESP). Lapajne has won 8 Slovenian Championships and 9 Slovenian Cups, 1 Croatian Championship and 1 Croatian Cup and was Runner-up - European Championship (2004).

He joined the RK Celje Pivovarna Laško in 2008.