Christian Schwarzer
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Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer (born 23 October 1969) is a now-retired professional German handball player and present-day coach. As a member of the Germany men's national handball team, he won the world championship in 2007 and the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.[1]
Born in Braunschweig, Schwarzer played for VfL Fredenbeck from 1987 to 1991; Schwarzer's first game for the German national handball team was on 21 November 1989, against the German Democratic Republic in Wilhelmshaven.
Schwarzer played for TV Niederwürzbach from 1991 to 1999. While playing for FC Barcelona Handbol from 1999 to 2001, the German handball player of the year 2001, won the National Championship of Spain, the National Cup of Spain and the EHF Champions League in 2000. Since 2001, he has played for TBV Lemgo, with which he won the National Cup of Germany in 2002, the National Championship of Germany in 2003 and the EHF Cup in 2006.
During his career, Schwarzer took part in six World Men's Handball Championships, five European Men's Handball Championships and three Olympic Games. He has participated in 310 international matches, with 949 goals. In 2004, he retired but was reactivated for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. After becoming World champion, he stepped down again and became a handball coach.
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Schwarzer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- "Profile at the TBV Lemgo" (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2007.
External links[edit]
- Christian Schwarzer at the European Handball Federation (former profile)
- Christian Schwarzer at Olympics.com
- Christian Schwarzer at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Christian Schwarzer at Olympic.org (archived)
- Christian Schwarzer at Olympedia
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- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Braunschweig
- German handball Olympic medalist stubs