Rubén Garabaya (born 15 September 1978) is a Spanish former

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. He participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing as a member of the

Spain men's national handball team The Spain national handball team is governed by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Spain is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won two IHF World Men's Handball Championship, World Championship ...

. The team won a bronze medal, defeating

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References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Avilés Spanish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players FC Barcelona Handbol players CB Ademar León players BM Valladolid players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Spain Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games {{Spain-handball-bio-stub