Father Joe Fitzgerald (born August 30, 1971) is an American

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. While a member of the United States Handball team, Fitzgerald won the 2001 USA Team Handball Athlete of the Year and also helped the team to take home the bronze medal at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games, officially the XIV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2003, were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the Games was made in the mid-1990 ...

. Fitzgerald later became a priest.

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* 1971 births Living people American male handball players Olympic handball players for the United States Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Handball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in handball 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-handball-bio-stub