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Handball At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, took place at the Sports Pavilion (Faliro), Sports Pavilion (Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex) during the preliminary round and quarter-finals (August 14–August 24), and at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena during the semi-finals and medal matches (August 27–August 29). A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament. Medalists Qualification Preliminary round For the preliminary round, contested between August 14 and August 22, the twelve teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. Each team played against each of its five group opponents for a total of five matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals. ''All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3).'' Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage In this singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Kyung-shin
Yoon Kyung-shin (; born July 7, 1973) is a South Korean handball manager and former player. Playing career Yoon Kyung-shin played in the German league Handball-Bundesliga through his outstanding performances in World Men's Handball Championship, World Championships. He played for VfL Gummersbach from 1996 to 2006, and for HSV Handball, HSV Hamburg from 2006 to 2008. He became the top goalscorer of the Bundesliga seven times, and is currently the second highest scoring player of Bundesliga with 2,905 goals. He was also voted the IHF World Player of the Year, World Player of the Year by the International Handball Federation (IHF) in 2001. He played more than 260 games for the South Korea national handball team, and was top goalscorer at three World Men's Handball Championship, World Championships and one Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics. At the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship, 1995 World Championship he broke the record for most non-penalty goals at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavko Goluža
Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and most recently coach of RK Zagreb. Club career Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the age of 18, he moved to RK Zagreb-Chromos, with which he won two consecutive European Cups in 1992 and 1993. He won the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again. Goluža also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, in France for Paris Saint-Germain and in Hungary for Fotex Veszprém. International career He was a member of the Croatian national team that won Olympic gold medals twice: at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia had won at the World Championships (gold in 2003, silver in 1995 and 2005), and at the European Championship (bronze in 1994). Coaching career Goluža worked as an assistant coach with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Baur
Markus Baur (born 22 January 1971) is a German handball coach and former player. Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the Germany national team since 1994, making his debut against Morocco on 4 August in Balingen. The German handball player of the years 2000 and 2002, he won the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. As of January 2007, he has made 200 international matches with 615 goals. In the Bundesliga Baur played for SG Wallau-Massenheim from 1993 to 1997, between 1997 and 1998 for TV Niederwürzbach and from 1998 to 2001 for HSG Wetzlar. Since 2001, he plays for TBV Lemgo, winning the National Championship of Germany with his team in 2003 and the EHF Cup in 2006. In 1994 and 2002, he has also won the DHB-Pokal. Personal life Baur is married and has three children; one daughter Chiara who plays handball, and two sons who play football named Mika Mika is a given name, a nickname, and a surname. Notable people and fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Zerbe
Volker Zerbe (born 30 June 1968) is a former German team handball player and manager. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team"2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is European champion from . He played his entire professional career at , where he was the |
Klaus-Dieter Petersen
Klaus-Dieter Petersen (born November 6, 1968) is a former German team handball player and current trainer for the youth team of the German club THW Kiel, where he played himself. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is European champion from 2004. Career Petersen started playing at SG Misburg and later TST Anderten. In 1986 he joined second tier side GWD Minden, where he would make his profesional debut. In 1988 he joined |
Christian Schwarzer
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. He was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt for his win in the 2007 World Championship. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Schwarzer also played beach handball, where he won the German Beach handball championship in 2003. Career 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 Spanish Championship, the Copa del Rey de Balonmano and the EHF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Olaf Immel
Jan Olaf Immel (born 14 March 1976) is a former German team handball player. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) His team won the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship in Slovenia. He debuted for the German national team in May 1999 against Belgium. He missed the 2007 World Championship, where Germany won gold, due to a shoulder operation. In 2007 he joined the second tier team [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Kretzschmar
Stefan Kretzschmar (; born 17 February 1973) is a retired professional German handball player. He was a three-time Olympic athlete and winner of the Olympic silver medal with the German team in 2004. He is currently the sporting director at Füchse Berlin and a handball expert on the streaming service Dyn Media. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Career Kretzschmar is considered part of the Lemgo 'golden generation' together with Daniel Stephan, Christian Schwarzer, Florian Kehrmann, and Volker Zerbe, who won the European Championship together. He started playing handball at the age of 6, and at the age of 12, he joined a training program in Berlin, which led to him joining the youth team at SC Dynamo Berlin, where he came to play as a left wing. Two years later, he won the DDR youth championship with the club. In the 1991/92 season, he became a first team player at the Handball-Bundesliga team Blau-Weiß Spandau, which had just fuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dragunski
Mark Dragunski (born 22 December 1970) is a former German team handball player and currently a coach. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ... with the German national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is European champion from 2004. In the 2002 European Championship, where Germany finished second, he won the MVP award in the final. References External links< ...
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Pascal Hens
Pascal "Pommes" Hens (born 26 March 1980) is a former German team handball player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. He also represented his native country at the in .
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Christian Ramota
Christian Ramota (born 14 April 1973) is a former German team handball player (goalkeeper). He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is also European champion from 2004, and received a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship. In 2005 he was awarded the award. Career Ramota started playing handball at 15, and joined |
Henning Fritz
Henning Fritz (born 21 September 1974) is a German retired handball goalkeeper, current entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. In 2004, he was the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year. Sports career At , Fritz is a relatively short goalkeeper who began playing major-league handball with SC Magdeburg. He moved to THW Kiel in 2001 and was a member of the Men's German National Handball team from 2002. The German team took second place in the European championships in Sweden that year and another second place in the world championships 2003 in Portugal. In 2004, he participated in the team's success in Slovenia, where it won the European Championships. In 2004 in Athens, he played with the team to another second place. The opening game of the 2007 World Cup was his 200th game on the national team. He played a great championship, became Most Valuable Player in several games and was nominated for the All Star Team. Fritz has been the goalkeeping coach of the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
