Uwe Gensheimer

Uwe Gensheimer
Gensheimer in 2020
Personal information
Born	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 37) Mannheim, West Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Number	3
Youth career
Years	Team
1997–2003	TV 1892 Friedrichsfeld
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2003–2016	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2016–2019	Paris Saint-Germain
2019–	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2021	Germany	204	(921)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Junior European Championship 2006 Austria Junior World Championship 2007 Macedonia

Uwe Gensheimer (born 26 October 1986) is a German handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.^[1]

He made his international debut on 25 November 2005 against Slovenia.^[2] In 2021 he announced the end of his time in the national team, where he was the captain from 2014.^[3]

Team awards

Club

• EHF Cup:
  • 2012–13
• German Championship:
  • 2015–16
• German Cup:
  • 2022–23
• French Championship:
  • 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Coupe de France:
  • 2017-18
• Coupe de la Ligue:
  • 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19

International

• Summer Olympics:
  •  Bronze: 2016
• Junior European Championship:
  •  Gold: 2006
• Junior World Championship:
  •  Silver: 2007

Awards

• Handball player of the year in Germany: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2011, 2017, 2018
• MVP of the Junior World Championship: 2007
• All-Star left wing of the Junior European Championship: 2006
• Youth European Championship Top Scorer: 2004
• Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2010–11

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uwe Gensheimer.

• Official website
• Uwe Gensheimer at the European Handball Federation 
• Uwe Gensheimer at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French) 
• Uwe Gensheimer at Olympedia 
• Uwe Gensheimer at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German) 

This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 05:44