David DeGraaf

David Warren DeGraaf is an American former handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Career

The United States Air Force Academy originally recruited him for football and basketball, but he ended up playing for the USAFA Team Handball.
He competed at the 1994 Goodwill Games, Pan American Games Handball at the 1995 [Pan American Games|1995] & Handball at the 1999 [Pan American Games|1999] and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics he scored a record, 13 goals against Kuwait and a record of seven blocked shots. Only Niclas Ekberg was able to score 13 goals at the Olympic Games in 2012. DeGraaf also scored the game winning goal against Algeria, in overtime, with no time remaining on the clock.
In 1997, he was selected as 1996 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year.
In 1998, he won the Nationals Championship with Knight Air and was the MVP of the tournament.DeGraaf has over 200 International Games and was awarded the USATHF Male Athlete of the year twice.