Thierry Omeyer

Thierry Omeyer
In 2006
Personal information
Born (1976-11-02) 2 November 1976 (age 48)
Mulhouse, France
Nationality French
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Years Team
1985–1994
Cernay
Senior clubs
Years Team
1994–2000
Sélestat HB
2000–2006
Montpellier Handball
2006–2013
THW Kiel
2013–2014
Montpellier Handball
2014–2019
PSG Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2017
France 356 (4)
Medal record

Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper.

A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic champion twice.[1]

He is widely considered to be one of the best handball goalkeepers of all time, and was the third goalkeeper so far to have been elected best player of the world by the International Handball Federation (the two others being Henning Fritz, in 2004, and Árpád Sterbik, in 2005, since Niklas Landin in 2021), what he achieved in 2008. In his former club (THW Kiel), his nickname was Die Mauer (The Wall).

He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.[2]

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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