Roberto Julián Duranona (born 8 December 1965) is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

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ic 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. He played left back. Duranona participated with the

Cuba men's national handball team The Cuba men's national handball team represents Cuba in international handball competitions and is controlled by the Cuban Handball Association. Tournament record Summer Olympics *1980 – 11th *2000 – 11th World Championship *1982 – 13th * ...

on the World Men's Handball Championship in

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, where his team finished 15th out of 16, but with 50 goals he finished second on the top goalscorers list behind

Jae-Won Kang Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and current coach for the South Korea women's national handball team, South Korean women's national team.1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, Cuba finished 14th out of 16, but Duranona became the top scorer of the tournament with 55 goals, tied with Aleksandr Tuchkin of the Soviet Union. He gained all together 270 caps in the Cuban national team. In 1994 Duranona went to Argentina to complete his degree in physical education.El cubano que vino del frío
/ref> In 1995 he moved to play for KA Akureyri in Iceland, where he also got the citizenship, and played 61 times for the

Iceland men's national handball team The Icelandic men's national handball team represents Iceland in international men's handball. It is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association. Honours Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place& ...

, scoring 202 goals. In 1997 he changed to

ThSV Eisenach ThSV Eisenach is a German handball club from Eisenach, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. They were promoted in the 2022-23 season. The team has previously been known as BSG Motor Eisenach. History BSG Motor Eisenach - 1954-1991 BSG ...

in Germany, where he scored 426 goals in three seasons. In 2000 he moved to TuS Nettelstedt, from where in 2002 he switched to

HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. It competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga and in the DHB-Pokal, German Handball Cup. They have played in the Bundesliga since 1998 without relegation. History The modern ...

. His last known team was Castellón in Spain where he moved in 2006. He was 202 cm tall, weighed 110 kg, and wore size 51 shoes.Um Róbert Julian Duranona
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1965 births Cuban male handball players Icelandic male handball players HSG Wetzlar players Living people Icelandic people of Cuban descent Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar handball players Immigrants to Iceland Cuban emigrants Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Germany Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Spain Icelandic expatriate handball players in Spain TSV Hannover-Burgdorf players TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players Naturalised citizens of Iceland Naturalised handball players Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Cuban expatriate handball players 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen 20th-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-handball-bio-stub