David Chapman (handballer)
American handball player
David Chapman (June 26, 1975 – October 10, 2017) was a professional American handball player. He is known for his many pro, national, and world titles, as well as his unique style of play. He is regarded as one of the best to ever play the sport.
Chapman dominated the four-wall game for 11 years, from 1993 to 2004, winning eight United States Handball Association (USHA) national singles titles and seven national doubles titles in that period. He also won two World singles championships, and two world doubles championships during this part of his career. Throughout this period (1994-2004), Chapman was the number one ranked professional handball player in the world (except for part of 2001).
Chapman retired in 2004 but returned to the game in 2008 and played until 2012. During this period, he won two more national doubles titles, recaptured his number one ranking in 2010, and in 2011 won his ninth national four-wall singles title at the age of 35. His nine four-wall national singles titles are second only to Naty Alvarado's eleven, and his nine national four-wall doubles titles is number one of all time — achieved with three different doubles partners (Naty Alvarado Jr., Vince Munoz and Emmett Peixoto).
While Chapman's primary focus was four-wall handball, he also played in several national three-wall tournaments.
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