Andreas Thiel
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| Born | March 3, 1960 (age 64) Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andreas Thiel (born March 3, 1960) is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.[1]
In 1984 he was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper.
Eight years later he was part of the German team which finished tenth. He played five matches as goalkeeper.
In 1996 he played all six matches as goalkeeper for the German team again.
References
[edit]- ^ "New legends of the game inducted into EHF Hall of Fame". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- Andreas Thiel at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Thiel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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