Johannes Bitter

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Johannes Bitter
Johannes Bitter ingame 1 DKB Handball Bundesliga HSG Wetzlar vs HSV Hamburg 2014-02 08.jpg
Personal information
Born (1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 39)
Oldenburg, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club HSV Hamburg
Number 1
Youth career
Years Team
1989–1999
HSG Neuenburg/Bockhorn
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999–2002
2002–2003
Wilhelmshavener HV
2003–2007
SC Magdeburg
2007–2016
HSV Hamburg
2016–2021
TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2021–
HSV Hamburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–
Germany 170 (1)
Medal record

Johannes Bitter (born 2 September 1982) is a German handball goalkeeper for HSV Hamburg.

Club career[]

Bitter started his senior career with in 1999, before moving to Wilhelmshavener HV three years later. After only one season in Wilhelmshaven, he signed with SC Magdeburg in 2003, with whom he won the EHF Cup. Following that success, Bitter eventually moved to HSV Hamburg in the summer of 2007. In 2016 Bitter moved from Hamburg to TVB 1898 Stuttgart.[1] There, he has extended his contract by one year to stay with the club until 30 June 2018.[2]

International career[]

Bitter made his debut for the German national team on 4 January 2002 in Balingen against Switzerland. He is World champion from 2007 with Germany. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.[3] Bitter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[4]

After the 2020 Summer Olympics, he announced that he wont be participating in the national team again unless there's an emergency.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Sport1.de. "Handball: Johannes Bitter wechselt vom HSV Hamburg zum TVB 1898 Stuttgart". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ Germany, kicker online, Nürnberg. "Weltmeister Bitter hängt ein weiteres Jahr dran". kicker online (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Germany" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback MachineEuropean Handbal Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 5 February 2008)
  4. ^ Staff (4 July 2008), Team Hamburg – Athleten (in German), Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, archived from the original on 16 August 2008, retrieved 17 August 2008
  5. ^ "ABSCHIED AUS DER NATIONALMANNSCHAFT". DHB.de. Retrieved 12 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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