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Markus Baur

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Markus Baur
Baur in 2007
Personal information
Born 22 January 1971 (1971-01-22) (age 53)
Meersburg, West Germany
Teams managed
Years Team
2008–2009
TBV Lemgo
2009–2010
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2013–2015
Kadetten Schaffhausen
2016–2018
TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2022–
Frisch Auf Göppingen
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Portugal Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Slovenia Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden Team

Markus Baur (born 22 January 1971) is a former German handball player now turned trainer.

Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, making his debut against the Moroccan national handball team on 4 August in Balingen. The German handball player of the years 2000 and 2002, he won the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. As of January 2007, he has made 200 international matches with 615 goals.

In the Bundesliga Baur played for SG Wallau-Massenheim from 1993 to 1997, between 1997 and 1998 for TV Niederwürzbach and from 1998 to 2001 for HSG Wetzlar. Since 2001, he plays for TBV Lemgo, winning the National Championship of Germany with his team in 2003 and the EHF Cup in 2006. In 1994 and 2002, he has also won the National Cup of Germany.

Personal life

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Baur is married and has three children; one daughter Chiara who plays handball, and two sons who play football named Mika and Kimi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Freiburgs Mika Baur stellt bei Debüt neuen Drittliga-Rekord auf".