Aitor Iñaki Etxaburu Castro (born 17 June 1966 in

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat ...

) is a Spanish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. In 1992 he was a member of the Spanish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored six goals. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team. He played five matches and scored eight goals.

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European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, ...

1966 births Living people Spanish male handball players Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Sportspeople from Eibar Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics BM Granollers players Handball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-handball-bio-stub