Bob Djokovich
American handball player
Robert Ray Djokovich (born August 10, 1956) is an American former Basketball and Handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in handball. He was the 6th President of the USA Team Handball. He was born in Gary, Indiana.
Career
College player
Between 1977 and 1978 he was co-captain of the basketball team of the United States Air Force Academy which he played from 1974 to 1978.
In 1976 he and Thomas Schneeberger started a handball club at the USAFA and won the handball nationals six times.
National player
Between 1977 and 1987 he was a national player on the United States men's national handball team. At the Summer Olympics in 1984 was he team captain and scored 18 goals. His biggest victories were winning the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1987 and a silver medal at the Goodwill Games in 1986.
USA Team Handball staff
He was the 6th president of the US Team Handball Federation between 2001 and 2004, while at the same time, he was a member of the United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors.
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