Two Decades Later, Gary ‘Hangtime’ Hines Is Still Chasing His Olympic Handball Dream
The 39-year-old Hines and the U.S. team are gunning for an Olympic berth at this month’s Pan American Games.
Athlete Bio#
Height
6’3
Age
47
Hometown
Manhattan Beach, CA
Education
Shorewood High School University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Personal
Has served as captain of the U.S. men’s beach handball national team since 2016…One of a handful of athletes, and the only American athlete, to compete in the IHF World Championships for both Beach Handball and Indoor Handball…Has served on the Board of Directors for USA Team Handball since 2019…Played on the football team for the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill from 1997 to 2000…Competed for the Maruoubra Bluebottles Beach Handball Club in Sydney Australia in 2017.Career Highlights
- 2019 ANOC World Beach Games - 11th (Doha, Qatar)
- 2019 North American & Caribbean Handball Confederation (NORCA) Championships - 1st (Trinidad & Tobago)
- 2018 Pan American Beach Handball Championships – 3rd (Oceanside, California)
- 2017 Beach Games Seynois – 2nd (La Seyne, France)
- 2017 Prague Open Championship – 2nd (Prague, Czech Republic)
- 2016 Pan American Beach Handball Championships – 1st (Vargas, Venezuela)
- 2007 Pan American Games Qualifiers (Indoor) - Lake Placid, NY
- 2007 Pan American Games Qualifiers (Indoor) - Montreal, Canada
- 2007 Pan American Games Qualifiers (Indoor) - Santiago, Chile
World Championship Experience
- 2018 IHF Beach Handball World Championships - 12th (Kazan, Russia)
- 2016 IHF Beach Handball World Championships – 11th (Budapest, Hungary)
- 2001 IHF Men's World Championships (Indoor) - 24th (Besancon, France)
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