Jorge Dueñas de Galarza (born 16 October 1962) is a former Spanish

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player and current coach of the Brazilian national handball team. Dueñas led the Spanish team to silver medals at the

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, when Spain defeated

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32–29 in the semifinal, and lost 21–34 against

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in the final. He coached the Spanish team at the

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in Brazil, where the Spanish team placed third. On 14 January 2018, he was appointed as a member of the Commission of Coaching and Methods of

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by the

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in its meeting held in

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(

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) on the fringes of the

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1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Bilbao Spanish male handball players Spanish handball coaches Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Handball coaches of international teams Handball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Expatriate handball coaches Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-handball-bio-stub