Jesús "Josu" Olalla Iraeta (born July 15, 1971) 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

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, ...

and in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. He was born in

Irun Irun ( es, Irún, eu, Irun) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. History It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as ...

. 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.

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1971 births Living people Spanish male handball players Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Sportspeople from Irun Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) 20th-century Spanish people Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in handball Expatriate handball players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Spain-handball-bio-stub