Michael Roth (born 15 February 1962) is a German former

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 competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. He was a member of the West German handball team which won the

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

. He played two matches and scored two goals. His twin brother

Ulrich Roth Uli Jon Roth (born Ulrich Roth; 18 December 1954) is a German guitarist who became famous for his work with the hard rock band Scorpions and is one of the earliest contributors to the neoclassical metal genre. He is also founder of the Sky Acad ...

was also a team member. Michael Roth was the

HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. It competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga and in the DHB-Pokal, German Handball Cup. They have played in the Bundesliga since 1998 without relegation. History The modern ...

Bundesliga team's coach in 2009. From 1 October 2020, he will be coaching the Bahrain national team.

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* 1962 births Living people German male handball players Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for West Germany West German male handball players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Handball-Bundesliga players German expatriate sportspeople in Australia Sportspeople from Heidelberg {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub