Martin Schmidt (born 22 December 1969) is a German male
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. He was a member of the
Germany men's national handball team
The Germany national handball team is the country's national men's handball team and represents Germany in international tournaments in men's handball and is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having ...
. He was part of the team at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, where Germany finished 7th. He played three matches.
On club level he played most of his career for
THW Kiel
THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.
2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...
, where he spend 12 seasons. In this period he won the German Championship no less than 7 times, the
DHB-Pokal
The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship.
DHB-Pokal ...
3 times, the
DHB-Supercup
The DHB-Supercup (English: German Handball Supercup) is an handball tournament held annually between the Handball-Bundesliga champions and the DHB-Pokal champion.
Results
Total titles won
See also
* Handball-Bundesliga
* DHB-Pokal
The DHB- ...
twice and the
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...
twice. He also reached the final of the
EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...
in 2000, but lost to
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
.
His son
Jesper Schmidt is also a handball player.
References
1969 births
Living people
German male handball players
Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Germany
People from Verden (district)
Handball players from Lower Saxony
20th-century German sportsmen
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