Basque: Fernando Bolea is the son of a Bidasoa Irun team of historians and trainers

Fernando Boleahistoric player and coach of the Bidasoa, He passed away this Thursday at the age of 59 victim of a degenerative disease that he had suffered from for years.

Bolea began playing handball in Zaragoza, his hometown, and in 1990 he signed for Bidasoa Irun. In five seasons at the Irun club he won the Asobal League, the Copa del Rey, the Asobal Cup and the European Cup. In addition, he was part of the Spanish team that participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in which he obtained the Olympic diploma when Spain finished in fifth position.

In 2003 he retired from active handball practice, but continued as a coach. He returned to Irun to coach Bidasoa, which had been in the Honor Division B for years and managed to return the historic Gipuzkoan team to the handball elite, by promoting Asobal in 2016.

Source: Eitb

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