Daniel Stephan (born 3 August 1973) is a retired

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player. Born in Rheinhausen, he was a member of the German national handball team from 1995, winning the

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. He retired in 2005, after an injury series not wanting to end, which had let him never take part at a World Men's Handball Championship. Stephan was the World Player of the Year 1998 and the German handball player of the years 1997 to 1999. In the Bundesliga Stephan played for OSC Rheinhausen until 1994, when he changed to

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where he played until 2008. With Lemgo, he has won the National Cup of Germany in 1995, 1997 and 2002, the National Championship of Germany in 1997 and 2003, the

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in 2006 as well as the

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in 1996.

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* 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Duisburg 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 Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century German people {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub