Darrick Heath

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Darrick Heath
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Born (1964-10-12) October 12, 1964 (age 60)
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Sport Handball

Darrick Heath (born October 12, 1964) is an American former handball player. [1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] After his playing career, Heath became a coach, and coached the national team. [3]

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Biography

Heath was born in 1964 and attended Finger Lakes Community College. [1] He then went to C. W. Post College where he played basketball. [1] [4]

After playing handball for a local club in Long Island, he eventually made his way onto the US National Team. [1] In 1988, 1989 and 1993 he was part of the team that won national titles in handball. [1] For the next two years, Heath moved to Europe, playing professionally in Budapest, Hungary and Graz, Austria. [1] [5] In 1993, Heath was also named the U.S. Team Handball Male Athlete of the Year. [6]

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Heath was part of the American team that finished in ninth place in the men's tournament. [7] [8] However, Heath would later suffer a spinal injury in a car crash, which ended his playing career. [9]

After playing for the US National Team until 2003, Heath became a handball coach, [1] [10] and coached the national team during the 2011/12 season. [1] He helped the US team reach the 2011 Pan American Games, the first time that the US team had qualified for the games since 2003. [11] He was also a lecturer at Emory University in Atlanta for ten years from 2002 to 2012, [1] and featured in a university paper. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Darrick Heath". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Passing The Torch: A Conversation With 1996 Olympian Darrick Heath And Gary Hines". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  4. ↑ "At the U.S. Olympic Festival". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Darrick Heath". Finger Lakes Community College Athletics . Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Team Handball". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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