Andrei Xepkin Xepkina (, born 1 May 1965) is a Spanish and former Ukrainian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

for

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. He became Spanish citizen in 1998. In 2000 he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team. He played all eight matches and scored 21 goals. He was included in the

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Au ...

Hall of Fame in 2023.

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* 1965 births Living people Ukrainian male handball players Spanish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players FC Barcelona Handbol players Ukrainian emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia Naturalised handball players Spanish expatriate handball players in Germany Ukrainian expatriate handball players in Germany Soviet male handball players Goodwill Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games gold medalists Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Spain Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate handball players in Spain ZTR players 20th-century Spanish sportsmen 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Spain-handball-bio-stub