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Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics: two 12-team tournaments at Rio's Future Arena, 6–21 August 2016. Denmark men beat France 28:26 for their first gold; Russia women beat France 22:19; Germany and Norway took bronze.
Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics (played 2021, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo): France won both the men's and women's twelve-team tournaments, beating Denmark and ROC in Rio 2016 final rematches; Hansen scored a record 61 goals.
Handball at the 2026 Asian Games
Handball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), 19–29 September 2026 at Kasugai City Gymnasium and ENTRIO, Inazawa. Bahrain won men's gold 33:32 over Qatar; South Korea took a eighth women's title.
Handball-Bundesliga
Handball-Bundesliga (HBL), Germany's top men's handball league, founded 1966 as two North/South divisions, single 14-team league from 1977, now 18 clubs; record 1,708,675 spectators in 2025/26; organized by HBL GmbH; sponsors Toyota, DKB, LIQUI MOLY, DAIKIN, Opel.
Handheld game console
Handheld game console: portable gaming device with built-in screen, controls, and speakers. From Microvision (1979) and Game Boy (1989) to Nintendo Switch 2 and Steam Deck PC handhelds; battery life versus performance is the defining trade-off.
Handicap (golf)
Golf handicap, a stroke measure of playing ability now issued worldwide under the World Handicap System (WHS) of the USGA and R&A since 2020; Handicap Index averages best 8 of last 20 differentials, with caps, Course Handicap formula, and 2024 revisions.
Handjass
Handjass, also Sackjass, Butzer, or Schläger, is the most basic Swiss form of Jass: a 2–4 player, 36-card point-trick game played to find a loser, with strokes, potatoes (Herdöpfel), Weis melds, and a 7-stroke retirement target.
Handré Pollard
Handré Pollard (born 1994) is a South African rugby union fly-half, 87 Springbok caps and 832 points, winner of the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cups; clubs include Blue Bulls, Montpellier, Leicester Tigers, and the Bulls.
Handstand
Handstand: an inverted balance on two hands, central to gymnastics and also practiced in circus, yoga, and calisthenics; balance is controlled mainly through the wrist strategy with fingertip and palm corrections.
Hangman (game)
Hangman (Galgenmännchen) is a Victorian-era paper-and-pencil word-guessing game: guess letters to reveal a hidden word before six wrong guesses complete a gallows drawing; widely used for vocabulary teaching.
Hangzhou Open (杭州公开赛)
Hangzhou Open (杭州公开赛), ATP 250 men's hard-court tennis tournament in Hangzhou, China, first held September 2024, replacing the Zhuhai Championships; champions Marin Čilić (2024), Alexander Bublik (2025), Daniil Medvedev (2026); venue the 'Little Lotus' tennis center.
Hanif Khan
Hanif Khan (حنيف خان; FIH: Abdul Haneef Khan), born 1959 in Karachi, is a Pakistani field hockey player who won Olympic gold 1984 and bronze 1976, plus World Cup and Asian Games golds in 1978 and 1982.
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron (Henry Louis Aaron, 1934-2021), "Hammerin' Hank," MLB right fielder for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Brewers; hit 755 career home runs, breaking Babe Ruth's 714 in 1974, and still holds records for RBI (2,297) and total bases (6,856).
Hank Baskett
Hank Baskett (Henry Randall Baskett III, born 1982) is a former NFL wide receiver from New Mexico who played 2006–2010 for the Eagles, Colts, and Vikings, with 77 catches, 1,098 yards, and two 85-plus-yard rookie touchdowns.
Hank Beatty
Hank Beatty (born 2003) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner from Rochester, Illinois; Illinois Fighting Illini 2022-2025, 2021-22 Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year, later Tennessee Titans undrafted free agent.
Hank Brown (American football)
Hank Brown, Nashville-born quarterback, Lipscomb Academy (Trent Dilfer), Auburn then Iowa Hawkeyes; 2022 state champ, 2024 New Mexico 4-TD start, 2026 Iowa starter with walk-off win at Michigan.
Hank Gathers
Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount basketball star who led NCAA Division I in scoring (32.7 PPG) and rebounding (13.7 RPG) in 1988-89; died March 4, 1990 after collapsing in a WCC tournament game; autopsy cited cardiomyopathy.
Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg (Henry Benjamin Greenberg), 1911–1986, American MLB first baseman/outfielder for Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates; two-time AL MVP (1935, 1940), 331 home runs, 58-HR 1938 season, 47 months WWII service, Hall of Fame 1956.
Hank Kuehne
Hank Kuehne (Henry August Kuehne II, born 1975, Dallas) is an American golfer, 1998 U.S. Amateur champion, and 2003 PGA Tour driving-distance leader at a record 321.4 yards; no PGA Tour wins, back injuries ended his career.
Hank Russell
Hank Russell (Henry Argue Russell, "Honey", 1904–1986), American sprinter from Buffalo, NY; Cornell IC4A champion who won 1928 Olympic gold in the 4x100 m relay at Amsterdam.
Hank Steinbrenner
Hank Steinbrenner (Henry George Steinbrenner III, 1957–2020), Yankees general partner and co-chairman with brother Hal, oldest son of George Steinbrenner, also a thoroughbred breeder at Kinsman Farm.
Hank Stram
Hank Stram (Henry Louis Stram, 1924–2005), Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (2003) of the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, three-time AFL champion and Super Bowl IV winner, winningest AFL coach with 87 wins, later Saints coach and CBS Radio analyst.
Hank Walker
Hank Walker (Joseph Sculthorpe, born 1998) is an American WWE NXT wrestler, former security officer and Atlanta Falcons training-squad athlete; one half of Hank & Tank, NXT Tag Team and NOAH GHC Tag Team champion.
Hanley Ramírez
Hanley Ramírez (El Trece), Dominican MLB shortstop born 1983 in Samaná; 2006 NL Rookie of the Year and 2009 batting champion with the Marlins, later Dodgers and Red Sox; career .289, 271 HR, 281 SB.
Hanna Huskova
Hanna Huskova (Ганна Андрэеўна Гуськова), Belarusian freestyle aerials skier born 1992 in Minsk; 2018 Olympic champion, 2022 silver medalist, 8th at the 2026 Games as an Individual Neutral Athlete.
Hanna Kosonen
Hanna Kosonen, full name Hanna Leena Kosonen, is a Finnish ski-orienteer who won one gold and one bronze medal at the World Ski Orienteering Championships.
Hanna Öberg
Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete born 1995, Piteå Skidskytteklubb, sister of Elvira Öberg; Olympic individual gold PyeongChang 2018, relay gold Beijing 2022, Oberhof 2023 double world champion.
Hannah Bilka
Hannah Bilka, born 2001 in Coppell, Texas, is an American ice hockey forward, 2026 Olympic gold medalist, 2024 NCAA champion with Ohio State, and PWHL player for Boston Fleet, Seattle Torrent, and PWHL Detroit.
Hannah Brandt
Hannah Brandt, American ice hockey center (born 1993, Minnesota), two-time Olympian with gold 2018 and silver 2022, five World Championship medals, Minnesota Gophers all-time scoring leader, Boston Fleet PWHL, retired 2026.
Hannah Cockroft
Hannah Cockroft (Hurricane Hannah), born 1992, British T34 wheelchair racer; nine Paralympic golds, 18 world titles, world records from 100m to 1500m, CBE.