Juan José Uría Bazterrica (born July 25, 1956 in Gipuzkoa) is a former 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

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, and in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

.Olympic results
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Career

In 1980 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 24 goals. Four years later he finished eighth with the Spanish team in the 1984 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored ten goals. In 1988 he was a member of the Spanish team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored six goals.

References

1956 births Living people Spanish male handball players Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa People from Donostialdea Handball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{Spain-handball-bio-stub