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Handball At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. The final was a rematch of the previous between Denmark and France. After Denmark won 28–26 in the 2016 final, France got the upper hand with a 25–23 win this time. Spain won the bronze medal match against Egypt. This meant that France won both gold medals as the first team since 1984. The medals for the competition were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, IOC Member, Olympian, one Gold medal and one Bronze medal, France; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Joël Delplanque, IHF 1st Vice-President, France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its Suspended structure, suspension roof design. The arena holds 13,291 people (9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena seats and 88 "royal box" seats) and is now primarily used for ice hockey, futsal, basketball and volleyball. The NHK studios are adjacent to the arena along the edge of Yoyogi Park. Therefore, images of the arena are regularly featured at the end of NHK Newsline broadcasts. History The Yoyogi National Gymnasium was designed by Kenzō Tange, beginning in 1961. The building was completed in 1964, in preparation for the 1964 Summer Olympics where it was to host swimming events. The annex was used for Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, basketball events. It was also the venue for the handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, handball competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The design inspired Frei Otto's arena designs for the Olympiastadion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Coxless Pair
The men's coxless pair competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at Sydney International Regatta Centre. Competition format This rowing (sport), rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals. With 15 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleix Gómez
Aleix Gómez Abelló (born 7 May 1997) is a Spanish professional handball player for FC Barcelona Handbol, FC Barcelona and the Spain men's national handball team, Spain national team. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2020–21 EHF Champions League, 2021, 2021–22 EHF Champions League, 2022, 2023–24 EHF Champions League, 2024 ** ''Silver medal: 2019–20 EHF Champions League, 2020'' ** ''Bronze medal: 2018–19 EHF Champions League, 2019, 2022–23 EHF Champions League, 2023'' *IHF Super Globe: **''Winner'': 2017 IHF Super Globe, 2017, 2018 IHF Super Globe, 2018, 2019 IHF Super Globe, 2019 **''Silver medal'': 2022 IHF Men's Super Globe, 2022 **''Bronze medal'': 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe, 2023 *2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship, Junior World Championship: **''Gold Medalist'': 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship, 2017 *European Men's U-20 Handball Championship, Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrià Figueras
Adrià Figueras Trejo (born 31 August 1988) is a Spanish handball player for C' Chartres MHB and the Spanish team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Individual awards *Liga ASOBAL MVP: 2016 and 2018 *Liga ASOBAL All-Team: 2016, 2017 and 2018 Notees References External links * * * Adrian Figuerasat the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... * * 1988 births Living people Handball players from Barcelona Spanish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players BM Granollers players FC Barcelona Handbol players Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2018 Mediterrane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffen Weinhold
Steffen Weinhold (born 19 July 1986) is a German former professional handball player for THW Kiel. In 2016 he was part of the German team that won the European Championship. In 2021 he announced the end of his time in the German national team. He has previously been the captain of the German national team. Career Weinhold played for various team in his youth before joining HC Erlangen from HG Zirndorf, a club in Fürth, Bavaria at the age of 15. He won the European Youth championship in 2006. At the age of 17 he debuted for the Erlangen first team in the 2. Bundesliga. In 2007 he joined Bundesliga team HSG Nordhorn, where he won the EHF Cup in 2008. In 2009 he joined TV Großwallstadt, where he played for three years before joining SG Flensburg-Handewitt. Here he won the 2013-14 EHF Champions League. In 2014 he joined THW Kiel. Here he won both the German Championship, DHB-Pokal and the 2019-20 EHF Champions League. He left Kiel after the 2023-24 season. Club statistics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Simonet
Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team. He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain and 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014). Two of his brothers, Sebastian and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions. Awards and recognition *Clubs **Coupe de la Ligue: 2016 *2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship: Best right wing Notes References External links * * * Diego Esteban Simonetat the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvyn Richardson
Melvyn Richardson (born 31 January 1997) is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national team. Personal life He is the son of retired French handball player Jackson Richardson. Career In 2021 he joined Spanish top team FC Barcelona. Here he won the 2022 and 2024 Champion Leagues and the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL and Copa del Rey every season at the club. From the 2025-26 season he will join the Polish team Wisła Płock. National team Melvyn Richardson debuted for the French national team on June 17th, 2017 against Belgium. His first major international tournament was the 2019 World Championship. In September 2021 he won Olympic gold medals at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. For this he was made a knight of the French Legion of Honour.. At the 2024 European Championship he won a second gold medal with French team. He played 8 matches and scored 16 goals. At the 2025 World Championship he won a bronze medal, losing to Croatia in the sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haniel Langaro
Haniel Vinícius Inoue Langaro (born 7 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional handball player for Dinamo București and the Brazilian handball team. Career Until January 2016 Langaro played for his hometown club EC Pinheiros. He then moved to Europe to join Spanish club Naturhouse La Rioja, where he played for a season before joining French club Dunkerque HGL. In 2020 he joined FC Barcelona. Here he has won the EHF Champions League in 2021, 2022 and 2024, as well as the Spanish championship and Spanish cup in every season he was there. He also won the 2022 and 2023 Iberian Supercup. In the summer of 2024 he joined Romanian Dinamo București. National Team With Brazil he won the 2016 Pan American Championship. He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and again at the 2020 Olympics. In 2025 he was part of the Brazilian team that reached the quarterfinal of the World Championship for the first time, knocking out Sweden, Norway and Spain. They lost the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Sagosen
Sander Sagosen (born 14 September 1995) is a Norwegian professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Norway men's national handball team, Norwegian national team. At club level, he has won major titles in four countries, including league championships in Norway, Denmark, France and Germany. With the national team, Sagosen placed second at the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, World Championship in 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, 2017 and 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, 2019, and finished third at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, 2020 European Championship. Sagosen was included on the All-Star team for five consecutive major international competitions as either best centre back or left back. Club career Sagosen started his professional career at Kolstad Håndball in 2012. The following year, he moved to Haslum Håndballklubb. Sagosen joined Danish club Aalborg Håndbold on a three-year contract in 2014. He won the Herrehåndboldlig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. The final was a rematch of the previous between Denmark and France. After Denmark won 28–26 in the 2016 final, France got the upper hand with a 25–23 win this time. Spain won the bronze medal match against Egypt. This meant that France won both gold medals as the first team since 1984. The medals for the competition were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, IOC Member, Olympian, one Gold medal and one Bronze medal, France; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Joël Delplanque, IHF 1st Vice-President, France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Time in South Korea, Korean Standard Time, Time in North Korea, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Time in Indonesia, Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Time in East Timor, East-Timorese Standard Time, Time in Palau, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji (era), Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1957. IHF was founded in 1946 to oversee international competitions. Headquartered in Basel, its membership now comprises 209 national federations. Each member country must each also be a member of one of the six regional confederations: African Handball Confederation, Africa, Asian Handball Federation, Asia, European Handball Federation, Europe, North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation, North America and Caribbean, Oceania Continent Handball Federation, Oceania, and South and Central America Handball Confederation, South and Central America. Hassan Moustafa from Egypt has been President of the IHF since 26 November 2000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
