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The Most Famous

HANDBALL PLAYERS from Germany

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This page contains a list of the greatest German Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 304 Handball Players, 24 of which were born in Germany. This makes Germany the birth place of the 8th most number of Handball Players behind Croatia and Denmark.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary German Handball Players of all time. This list of famous German Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of German Handball Players.

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1. Edgar Reinhardt (1914 - 1985)

With an HPI of 45.14, Edgar Reinhardt is the most famous German Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Edgar Reinhardt (21 May 1914 – 11 January 1985) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics as part of the German field handball team. The team won the gold medal. During the competition, Reinhardt played two matches including the final as goalkeeper.

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2. Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910 - 1991)

With an HPI of 45.03, Wilhelm Brinkmann is the 2nd most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Wilhelm Brinkmann (25 October 1910 – 12 February 1991) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.

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3. Wilhelm Baumann (1912 - 1990)

With an HPI of 45.02, Wilhelm Baumann is the 3rd most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Wilhelm Baumann (12 August 1912 in Berlin – 14 March 1990) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.

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4. Karl Kreutzberg (1912 - 1977)

With an HPI of 43.91, Karl Kreutzberg is the 4th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Karl Kreutzberg (15 February 1912 – 13 August 1977) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final as goalkeeper. After the war he lived in Düren/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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5. Georg Dascher (1911 - 1944)

With an HPI of 43.11, Georg Dascher is the 5th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Georg Dascher (27 June 1911 – 25 November 1944) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches. He served as a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht, and died on the Western Front. He is buried at the German War cemetery in Lommel, Belgium.

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6. Rudolf Stahl (1912 - 1984)

With an HPI of 42.12, Rudolf Stahl is the 6th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Rudolf Stahl (11 February 1912 – 7 June 1984) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team that won the gold medal. He played in two matches, including the final.

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7. Hans Theilig (1914 - 1976)

With an HPI of 41.18, Hans Theilig is the 7th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Hans Theilig (12 August 1914 in Hamburg – 6 October 1976) was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches.

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8. Henning Fritz (1974 - )

With an HPI of 34.36, Henning Fritz is the 8th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

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.

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9. Uwe Gensheimer (1986 - )

With an HPI of 33.55, Uwe Gensheimer is the 9th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Uwe Gensheimer (born 26 October 1986) is a German handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He made his international debut on 25 November 2005 against Slovenia. In 2021 he announced the end of his time in the national team, where he was the captain from 2014.

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10. Torsten Jansen (1976 - )

With an HPI of 32.00, Torsten Jansen is the 10th most famous German Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Torsten "Toto" Jansen (born 23 December 1976) is a former German handballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the German national team. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and also represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Jansen became a World champion in 2007, and European champion in 2004.

People

Pantheon has 24 people classified as handball players born between 1910 and 1994. Of these 24, 17 (70.83%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living handball players include Henning Fritz, Uwe Gensheimer, and Torsten Jansen. The most famous deceased handball players include Edgar Reinhardt, Wilhelm Brinkmann, and Wilhelm Baumann. As of April 2022, 4 new handball players have been added to Pantheon including Torsten Jansen, Florian Kehrmann, and Ćamila Mičijević.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Handball Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Handball Players since 1700.

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