Stefan Kretzschmar
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| Born | 17 February 1973 Leipzig, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefan Kretzschmar (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈkrɛtʃmar];[1] born 17 February 1973) is a retired professional German handball player. The son of Peter Kretzschmar, a legendary handball player and coach in the former GDR (East Germany) and Waltraud Kretzschmar, a former handball player for the East German team and winner of Olympic team medals in silver (1976) and bronze (1980), he was a three-time Olympic athlete and winner of the Olympic silver medal with the German team in 2004. He is well known for his many tattoos and piercings. He ended his active career on 14 July 2007 and currently resides in Magdeburg, Germany, where he continues to hold a position with the local handball club, SC Magdeburg. His daughter Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar is a professional handball player too and member of the German national team.
Honours
[edit]- Handballer of the year: 1994, 1995
- Silver Medal (Runners-up), World Championships, 2003
- International All Star-Team: 1994
- DHB-Supercup: 2007
- Handball European Cup: 2002
- EHF Cup: 2007
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Stefan Kretzschmar im exklusiven Interview | Buschi.TV - YouTube". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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- 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
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- SC Magdeburg players
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