| David Chapman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | June 26, 1975 | ||
| Died | October 10, 2017 | ||
| Nationality |
 United States | ||
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.[1]
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).[2]
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).[3]
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.[4]
- ^ "US Handball Association - David Chapman?". Ushandball.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ Player rankings are taken from Handball, a bi-monthly magazine published by the United States Handball Association (USHA), 1992-2012.
- ^ Handball, August 2011
- ^ The USHA website has a list of all national champions in three- and four-wall handball.