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
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 France
Gold medal – first place 2009 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qatar
Gold medal – first place 2017 France
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tunisia
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place 2010 Austria
Gold medal – first place 2014 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Norway

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 is 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), what he achieved in 2008. In his former club (THW Kiel), his nickname was Die Mauer (The Wall).

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.