1976 - Today
Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic champion twice.He is widely considered to be one of the best handball goalkeepers of all time, and is the third goalkeeper so far to have been elected best player of the world by the International Handball Federation (the two others being Henning Fritz, in 2004, and Árpád Sterbik, in 2005), what he achieved in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thierry Omeyer has received more than 189,706 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Thierry Omeyer is the 18th most popular handball player (up from 25th in 2019), the 4,403rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,179th in 2019) and the most popular French Handball Player.
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Among handball players, Thierry Omeyer ranks 18 out of 304. Before him are Zinaida Turchyna, Zlatko Saračević, Edgar Reinhardt, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Wilhelm Baumann, and Ștefan Birtalan. After him are Svetlana Kitić, Branislav Pokrajac, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Karl Kreutzberg, Günther Ortmann, and Jackson Richardson.
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 12
1961 - 2021
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 13
1914 - 1985
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 14
1910 - 1991
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 15
1912 - 1990
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 16
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 17
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 18
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 19
1947 - 2018
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 20
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 21
1912 - 1977
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 22
1916 - 2002
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 23
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1976, Thierry Omeyer ranks 168. Before him are Zemfira, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Traianos Dellas, Marco Di Vaio, Andrea Stramaccioni, and Stephanie McMahon. After him are Jaleel White, Ricardo Zonta, Jada Fire, Djamel Belmadi, Stefan Holm, and Daisuke Namikawa.
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 162
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 163
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 164
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 165
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 166
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 167
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 168
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 169
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 170
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 171
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 172
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 173
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 174
Among people born in France, Thierry Omeyer ranks 4,403 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles Berling (1958), Fritz Keller (1913), Georges de la Falaise (1866), André Bonin (1909), Yannick Dalmas (1961), and Philippe Rousselot (1945). After him are Élodie Bouchez (1973), Guillaume Bieganski (1932), Francis Girod (1944), Kevin Gameiro (1987), Florence Devouard (1968), and Dayot Upamecano (1998).
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 4,397
1913 - 1985
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 4,398
1866 - 1910
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 4,399
1909 - 1998
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 4,400
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 4,401
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,402
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,403
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 4,404
1932 - 2016
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 4,405
1944 - 2006
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 4,406
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 4,407
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 4,408
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 4,409
Among handball players born in France, Thierry Omeyer ranks 1. After him are Luc Abalo (1984), Guillaume Gille (1976), Luka Karabatic (1988), Bertrand Gille (1978), Jérôme Fernandez (1977), Michaël Guigou (1982), Vincent Gérard (1986), Kentin Mahé (1991), Dika Mem (1997), Ludovic Fabregas (1996), and Amandine Leynaud (1986).
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 1
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 2
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 3
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 4
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 5
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 7
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.64
Rank: 9
1997 - Present
HPI: 33.55
Rank: 10
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 11
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.00
Rank: 12