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
Quick Facts
- 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)
