Jesús Olalla
Encyclopedia
Jesús "Josu" Olalla Iraeta (born July 15, 1971) is a Spanish
handball
player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
and in the 2000 Summer Olympics
.
He was born in Irun
.
In 1996 he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team. He played all seven matches and scored 14 goals.
Four years later he won his second bronze medal with the Spanish handball team in the 2000 Olympic tournament. He played one match.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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 who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
and in the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
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He was born in Irun
Irun
Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...
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In 1996 he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team. He played all seven matches and scored 14 goals.
Four years later he won his second bronze medal with the Spanish handball team in the 2000 Olympic tournament. He played one match.