The former coach and former president of the Royal Spanish Handball Federation,
Juan de Dios Román
, is in critical condition after suffering a stroke on Thursday, according to the Handball Coaches Association (AEBM).
"Juan de Dios Román Seco is very serious, he has suffered an irreversible stroke. Legend of our sport," said AEBM, minutes before
Luis Miguel López
, former general director of BM Ciudad Real and Atlético de Madrid, confirmed the news .
"I feel immense pain for the situation that my friend, my brother, Juan de Dios Román, is going through. Alarming news reaches me. His condition is critical. He is too hard a stick for those of us who admire him as an athlete and love him as a friend. What a pain! "He wrote on
.
During his time as coach, Juan de Dios Román won two silver medals in the
Europeans in Spain (1996) and Italy (1998) and three bronzes in the European Championship in Croatia (2000) and the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000)
.
At the club level, he is one of the most successful coaches in the world, having coached
Club Atlético de Madrid
, with which he won four Copa del Rey titles, in addition to having won numerous titles directing
BM Ciudad Real
.
To this are added the medals harvested by the different teams during their time at the head of the
Spanish Federation
, from 2008 to 2013.
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