Andrés Kogovsek (born 7 January 1974) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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. He was born in San Isidro,

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

, and plays for the club

Villa Ballester Villa Ballester is a city located in the northern Greater Buenos Aires urban area and it is part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is served by the Línea Mitre commuter railway with its station also na ...

. He defended

at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and was a gold medalist at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

Achievements

*Argentine League **

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Individual awards

* 2017 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship: Best right wing

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* 1974 births Living people Argentine people of Slovenian descent Argentine male handball players Olympic handball players for Argentina Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from San Isidro, Buenos Aires Pan American Games gold medalists in handball Pan American Games silver medalists in handball Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Handball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-handball-bio-stub