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Rüdiger Neitzel
Personal information
Born16 March 1963 (1963-03-16) (age 61)
Solingen, West Germany
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team

Rüdiger Neitzel (born 16 March 1963) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Therefore he and all players of the team were awarded with the Silver Lorel Leaf, Germany's highest sport award.[1]

He was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal. Therefor he was awarded with the Sjlver Laurel Leaf, Germanny's highest He played all six matches and scored thirteen goals.[2][3]

Biography

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Neitzel completed his abitur at Gymnasium Schwertstraße before studying medicine at the University of Cologne,[4] and specialises in orthopaedics, sport othopaedics.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Olympia.org, Biography Rüdiger Neitzel
  2. ^ Rüdiger Neitzel at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rüdiger Neitzel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Rüdiger Neitzel tauschte Trikot gegen weißen Kittel". Nachrichten List Online. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Team - Dr. med. Rüdiger Neitzel - Facharzt für Orthopädie, Sportorthopädie und Sporttraumatologie". Pro U. Retrieved 21 February 2016.