Renārs "Recke" Uščins (born 29 April 2002) is a Latvian-born German

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player who plays for

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is a handball club from Hannover, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The team is known as DIE RECKEN. The origins of the club lie with the sports association Freie Turnerschaft Burgdorf, which ...

and the Germany national team.

Club career

Uščins started playing handball at SG Kühnau in

Dessau Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the ''States of Germany, Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent ...

as his father played for 2. Bundesliga team

Dessau-Roßlauer HV The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany. Season It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the lea ...

. When he was 13 years old he joined

SC Magdeburg The SC Magdeburg is a professional handball club from Magdeburg, Germany. The team plays in the highest German league, the Handball-Bundesliga and regularly in highest international competitions. They won the EHF Champions League in 1978, 1981, ...

, where he played for the Magdeburg 2nd team in the 3. Liga. In February 2021 he joined

Bergischer HC Bergischer Handball-Club 06 is a German handball club based in the cities of Wuppertal and Solingen that competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The club originates from a 2006 contract between Stefan Adam, then chairman of LTV Wuppertal, ...

on loan. In the 2021–22 season he was a part of the Magdeburg first team, where he won the German Championship. For the 2022–23 season he joined

on a permanent deal. In 2025 he was named the best young player in the world by IHF.

International career

Uščins was part of the Germany U19 national team which won the

2021 European Men's U-19 Handball Championship The 2021 European Men's U-19 Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, which was held in Varaždin and Koprivnica, Croatia from 12 to 22 August 2021. The European Handball Federation decided t ...

. He was voted into the tournament's All-Star-Team. He captained the Germany U21 at the

2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2023 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship was the 24th edition of the IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship, held in Germany and Greece under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 20 June to 2 July 2023. It wa ...

in summer 2023, which Germany won. Uščins played for the Germany senior national team at the

2024 European Men's Handball Championship The 2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It was hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024. The two opening games of the tournament were attended by ...

. He was voted Player of the Match in the semifinals, where Germany lost 29–26 to

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Personal life

His father is former Latvia national team player

Armands Uščins Armands Uščins (6 October 1973) is a Latvian handball coach of the Latvian national team and former player. He coached the Latvian team at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. This was Latvias first ever appearance at a major interna ...

Honours

Germany U21 *

Men's Junior World Handball Championship The IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship (or the IHF Men's Junior World Championship) is the official competition for men's national handball teams of under-21 years category. It is being organized by the International Handball Federation si ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Germany U19 *

IHF Men's Junior World Championship The IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship (or the IHF Men's Junior World Championship) is the official competition for men's national handball teams of under-21 years category. It is being organized by the International Handball Federation ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual * All-Star right back of the Olympic Games:

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* Bets young men's player in the world: 2025

References

External links

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Profile at handball-world.news
2002 births Living people German male handball players Latvian male handball players German people of Latvian descent Latvian emigrants to Germany Handball-Bundesliga players SC Magdeburg players Bergischer HC players TSV Hannover-Burgdorf players Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Germany Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in handball Handball players from Saxony-Anhalt 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-handball-bio-stub