Mhistorical top scorer of the Ademar de Len. Historical top scorer of the Hispanics. Historical top scorer of the ASOBAL League. Six Suspenders, five King’s Cups, a Champions League, two European Cups. Champion of the World in 2005 and Olympic bronze medalist in 2008. With a career full of successes and records, Juann Garca stands as a living legend of Spanish handball.
Former player of Ademar, FC Barcelona and Hispanos this saturday has passed by MARKER, with Israel Herriz and Jorge Dargel, to talk about the recent publication of his biography Juann. The history of the Artist, a myth of handball; written by journalist leons David rubio.
A book that, in the words of the best lion sportsman of all time “counts as a neighborhood kid from a humble club of Len fulfill a dream that at first you did not believe it would come. “” The book summarizes my career, not only the professional one, but my beginnings. When I start to be professional with him Ademar and the Only. He tells anecdotes that may not be so well known “, states the Spanish handball legend about his biography.
The team, ahead of the statistics
If something has always stood out on the far left born in Len it is his humility and his desire to stay in the background. When any player will boast of the distinctions he has achieved throughout his career, Juann Garca is forceful with that: “I believe that individual distinctions should not exist in team sports. What I am most proud of in my career is the successes I have achieved in my teams.”
Successes that were possible thanks to the value and dedication that the natural Len demonstrated from its inception. “There were always better people and I had to give twice as much as them. Proud of all this path and the lack of opportunities that made me stronger,” he said. Juann Garca.
Although if there is one person to stand out above all throughout his career, it is in the figure of the Brother toms, the main precursor of handball in the Leonese capital. “The Brother toms He was my coach and of many generations. It was the culprit that the Ademar exists today and that handball is known today in Len. Through his hands passed the best players ever Len. We owe him a lot, “the former player said hopefully.
As a way to finish, Juann Garca wanted to express his opinion about the current situation of this sport in Spain, stressing that “handball should have something more important.” “Perhaps it should be more recognized in every way with the number of successes that have been at the national team, but it is difficult with football, which gets 90% of the media attention,” says the Leonese legend.
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