Olympic Handball Players of West Germany - Heiner Brand, Joachim Deckarm, Andreas Thiel, Martin Schwalb, Jochen Fraatz, Michael Roth (Paperback)

Chapters: Heiner Brand, Joachim Deckarm, Andreas Thiel, Martin Schwalb, Jochen Fraatz, Michael Roth, Erhard Wunderlich, Uwe Schwenker, Ulrich Roth, Arnulf Meffle, Dirk Rauin, Rudiger Neitzel, Siegfried Roch, Thomas Springel, Klaus Woller, Thomas Happe, Klaus Lange, Michael Paul, Wolfgang Braun, Hans-Peter Neuhaus, Gerd Becker, Kurt Kluhspies, Klaus Westebbe, Heiner Moller, Josef Karrer, Herbert Wehnert, Herbert Rogge, Horst Spengler, Jurgen Hahn, Gunter Bottcher, Herbert Lubking, Herwig Ahrendsen, Uwe Rathjen, Manfred Hofmann, Diethard Finkelmann, Rudolf Rauer, Arno Ehret, Klaus Kater, Jochen Feldhoff, Bernhard Busch, Peter Kleibrink, Hans-Jurgen Bode, Peter Bucher, Peter Jaschke, Walter Von Oepen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Heiner Brand (born July 26, 1952 in Gummersbach) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and has been the German national team's coach since 1997. He is the only person who has won the world handball championship both as a player (in 1978) and a coach (in 2007). In 1976 Brand was part of the West German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. He appears on the cover of the Handball Manager 2008 game. Brand gained fame outside of the handball world in 2009, when after the final whistle of World Championship match between Germany and Norway, he was captured by television cameras rushing towards the referees, turning red and shaking his fist. He calmed down after a few seconds and no assault happened, but the event became a well known viral video on the internet. He has two older brothers named Klaus and Jochen, who made appearances for the German national handball team as well. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1308309