BITTER Johannes

Date of Birth: 2 Sep 1982

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.05/6'8''

Place of birth: OLDENBURG

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : GERMANY

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men GER Germany	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #04 GER Germany 27 ESP Spain 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #08 ARG Argentina 25 GER Germany 33	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #18 FRA France 30 GER Germany 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #24 GER Germany 28 NOR Norway 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #29 GER Germany 29 BRA Brazil 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Quarterfinal #33 GER Germany 26 EGY Egypt 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2007	Germany
5	Men	2009	Croatia
9	Men	2005	Tunisia
11	Men	2011	Sweden
12	Men	2021	Egypt

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2020

Jogi (Facebook page, 16 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Sports Management - University of Hamburg, Hamburg, GER

Languages spoken:

TVB 1898 Stuttgart [Germany] since 2016/17

Jurgen Schweikardt [club], GER; Alfred Gislason [national], ISL

Position style:

Goalkeeper (Instagram profile, 16 Mar 2021)

2002 for Germany Against Switzerland, in Germany (dhb.de 11 Jul 2005)

National league:

Handball-Bundesliga [GER] (tvbstuttgart.de, 29 Mar 2021)

He began playing handball in 1989 at club HSG Neuenburg/Bockhorn in Germany. (tvbstuttgart.de, 29 Mar 2021)

He was initially an outfield player before switching to goalkeeper in 1991. He was then scouted during a trial session for goalkeepers by German club SG VTB Altjuhrden and their goalkeeping coach Alexander Vorontsov in the late 1990s. (tvbstuttgart.de, 29 Mar 2021; stuttgarter-zeitung.de, 21 Feb 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (swr.de, 26 Mar 2021)

Former coach Alexander Vorontsov. (stuttgarter-zeitung.de, 21 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
UPCOMING TRANSFER
He has agreed to join German club HSV Hamburg ahead of the 2021/22 season. He previously played for the club between 2007 and 2016. "As soon as I looked into the inquiries for the new season, I immediately noticed how much the option of coming home appealed to me. When I realised that it could work, I got downright emotional. Then it was clear to me. I am incredibly happy. Everyone knows how attached I am to Hamburg." (hamburg-handball.de, 15 Feb 2021; de24.news, 15 Feb 2021)

POST-TOKYO PLANS
He says that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be his final Olympic appearance but that he has no confirmed plans for his retirement from international competition. "It will be my last Olympic Games in my active career. Everything else will be discussed with Alfred Gislason [national coach] after the Olympics." (swr.de, 26 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/JohannesBitterOfficial
https://instagram.com/jogi.bitter/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com//in/johannes-bitter-2835b71b7/
https://twitter.com/jogibitter
Athlete Website: http://johannes-bitter.de

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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