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Jerónimo Neto

handball coach

Born
November 3, 1967 · Luanda
Died
January 16, 2019
Age
51 years
Nationality
Angola
Cause
heart attack

About Jerónimo Neto

Jerónimo Neto was a handball coach from Angola. Born in 1967, Neto died in 2019 at the age of 51.

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Jerónimo Miguel Neto a.k.a. Jojó (3 November 1967 – 15 January 2019) was a team handball coach.

Life

He was the head coach of the Angola women's national handball team at the 1997, 2005 and 2007 World Women's Handball Championships in Stuttgart, Saint Petersburg and France and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Moreover, he won the African championships in 2006 and 2008 and the All Africa Games in 2007

The 7th place he achieved with the Angolan team at the 2007 world cup in France remains unbeaten to date.[citation needed]

Neto suffered a stroke in 2008 and died on 15 January 2019 of a heart attack. Shortly prior to his death and despite his heart condition, he was a regular participant at the year-end Luanda São Silvestre 10 km race, the last of which, on 31 December 2018.

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