Sven Lakenmacher (born 26 May 1971) is a former East German and 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

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, playing two matches. On club level he played for TuS N-Lübbecke in

Lübbecke Lübbecke (; ) is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills (''Wiehengebirge'') and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is part of district of Minden- ...

. His father was handball player Wolfgang Lakenmacher, who competed for East Germany at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

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Living people Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1971 births German male handball players Olympic handball players for Germany Sportspeople from Magdeburg Handball players from Saxony-Anhalt Sportspeople from Bezirk Magdeburg East German male handball players German expatriate handball players in Spain SC Magdeburg players TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players German handball coaches {{Germany-handball-bio-stub