David Chapman (handballer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American handball player
Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1975
Date of Death: 10-Oct-2017
Profession: handball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About David Chapman (handballer)
- David Chapman (June 26, 1975 – October 10, 2017) was a number one ranked player in the sport of American handball.
- He was one of the best handball players ever to play the sport.
- Chapman dominated the four-wall game for 11 years, from 1993 to 2004, winning eight United States Handball Association (USHA) national singles titles and seven national doubles titles in that period.
- He also won two World singles championships, and two world doubles championships during this part of his career.
- Throughout this period (1994-2004) Chapman was the number one ranked professional handball player in the world (except for part of 2001).
- Chapman retired in 2004 but returned to the game in 2008 and played until 2012.
- During this period he won two more national doubles titles, recaptured his number one ranking in 2010, and in 2011 won his ninth national four-wall singles title at the age of 35.
- His nine four-wall national singles titles are second only to Naty Alvarado's eleven, and his nine national four-wall doubles titles is number one of all time — achieved with three different doubles partners (Naty Alvarado Jr., Vince Munoz and Emmett Peixoto).While Chapman's primary focus has been four-wall handball, he also played in several national three-wall tournaments.
- Before his first retirement, Chapman won two national titles in singles and three in doubles.
- When he returned to handball he won another national singles title and two more national doubles titles, giving him three national singles and five national doubles titles overall in three-wall handball.
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