Ivano Balić is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently part of the coaching staff at RK Split. Renowned for his speed, creativity, movement and charisma as a player, Balić won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the Croatian national team, and thirteen titles playing for clubs in Croatia, Spain and Germany. He also received two World Championship silver medals, two silver and one bronze European Championship medal, and one Olympic bronze medal (2012) with the national team.
Valter Matošević is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is current handball coach.
Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce. Dujshebaev is considered by many to be one of the greatest handball coaches of his generation. He successively played for 4 national teams in his playing career: First for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia and finally Spain. His most usual demarcation as a player was centre backcourt. After initially having success with BM Ciudad Real as a coach, he has been coaching Kielce for nearly a decade now.
Radu Voina is a Romanian former handball player and current head coach.
Fredrik Raahauge Petersen is a Swedish handball coach and previous player. He was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. With HSV Hamburg he won the EHF Champions League 2013.
Erik Staffan Olsson is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking skills.
Tomas Runar Svensson is a Swedish former professional handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, and an assistant coach for FC Barcelona.
Gunnar Robert Hedin is a Swedish handball coach and retired player who won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships, playing alongside his younger brother Tony. In 2008 he became coach of the Norwegian national handball team. As of 2023, he is the head coach of the United States men's national handball team.
Per Ola Markus Lindgren is a Swedish former handball player and current coach. He is the head coach for IFK Kristianstad since 2012 and was head coach for Sweden from 2008 to 2016. As a player, he won two World Championships, four European Championships and participated in four Olympic Games. He also won four Swedish Championships with Drott.
Johan Arne Olsson is a Swedish cross-country skiing coach and former skier. He is a two-time Olympic champion who raced from 1998 to 2017. Olsson won five individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup victories and two additional podium finishes during his career.
Johanna Maria Helène Ahlm is a former Swedish handball player. She started and ended her career at the Swedish club IK Sävehof, but other than those tenures she played her entire career in the Danish handball league. She also played for the Sweden women's national handball team. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Sweden placed 8th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Sweden placed 11th. Ahlm was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2008 Olympics tournament with 40 goals.
Johanna Wiberg is a Swedish former handball player and coach. She played for the club FCK Håndbold, Aalborg DH and FOX Team Nord in Denmark and Eslövs IK in Sweden, as well as for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where the Swedish team placed eleventh.
Johan Sjöstrand is a Swedish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, and has represented the Swedish national team at several competitions including the 2012 Olympic Games where he was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal.
Anders Eggert is a Danish handball coach and former player. He has previously played in Denmark for GOG and Skjern Håndbold, and german side SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He was part of SG Flensburg-Handewitt team that won the 2013–14 EHF Champions League trophy. In his 11 years with SG Flensburg-Handewitt he played in 461 matches and scored 2531 times.
Gudrun Eivor Elisabeth Arenander was a Swedish discus thrower. She made her athletic debut at a championship in Gothenburg in 1943, setting her personal best throw of 40.37 m. She became a member of IFK Lidingö in 1944 and placed fourth at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and 12th at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Arenander won the Swedish discus title in 1942–43 and 1945–47 and was the captain of the Swedish women's athletics team. She was also an international handball player. After retiring from competitions she worked as a sports administrator.
Johan Mikael Jakobsson is a Swedish former handball player. From 2014 to 2017 he played for german top team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Niclas Ekberg is a Swedish professional handballer for THW Kiel.
Johan Eklund is a Swedish footballer who plays for IK Brage as a forward.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Paulo Pereira is a Portuguese handball coach of the Portuguese men's national team.
