Günter Böttcher (24 July 1954 – 4 October 2012) was a

West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

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. In 1976 he was a part of the West German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played in all six matches. In 2012, following a car accident that left him with severe injuries, Böttcher committed suicide in a rehabilitation clinic in Bad Neustadt an der Saale.

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1954 births 2012 suicides 2012 deaths West German male handball players Olympic handball players for West Germany Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Suicides in Germany Sportspeople from Kassel {{Germany-handball-bio-stub