Markus Baur (born 22 January 1971) is a former

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player now turned trainer. He is considered one of the world's best players on his position. Born in

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, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, making his debut against the Moroccan national handball team on 4 August in

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. The German handball player of the years 2000 and 2002, he won the

2004 European Men's Handball Championship The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper. Venues Qualification :1 Bold indicates ...

and the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts. Stadi ...

. As of January 2007, he has made 200 international matches with 615 goals. In the

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Baur played for

SG Wallau-Massenheim SG Wallau-Massenheim is a team handball club from Wallau (which belongs to Hofheim) east of Wiesbaden, Germany. Currently, the club competes in the 2. Bundesliga Süd Accomplishments *Handball-Bundesliga: **1992, 1993 *DHB-Pokal: **1993, 1994 ...

from 1993 to 1997, between 1997 and 1998 for TV Niederwürzbach and from 1998 to 2001 for

HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. Currently, HSG Wetzlar competes in the German First League of Handball (Bundesliga) and the German Handball Cup. Crest, colours, supporters Kits Accomplishments * DHB ...

. Since 2001, he plays for

TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The ascent to one of the best German handball clubs was slow but steady. In the year the Bundesliga was founded, the club was still in the ...

, winning the National Championship of Germany with his team in 2003 and the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

in 2006. In 1994 and 2002, he has also won the

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Personal life

Baur is married and has three children; one daughter Chiara who plays handball, and two sons who play football named

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and Kimi.

References

* 1971 births Living people People from Bodenseekreis Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) German male handball players Olympic handball players for Germany Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in handball HSG Wetzlar players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub