Ľubomír Švajlen (born 17 February 1964 in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

) is a Slovak former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player who competed in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. His son Michal Svajlen is also a handball goalkeeper, who represented

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

internationally.

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1964 births Living people Slovak male handball players Slovak expatriate handball players Olympic handball players for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak male handball players Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players from Košice Expatriate handball players in Hungary Slovak handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches Goodwill Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Slovakia-handball-bio-stub