Christian Zeitz
German handball player
Christian Zeitz (born 18 November 1980 in Heidelberg) is a former German handball player.
Zeitz received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.
He was known for an unconventional playing style, often called 'street handball'.
Career
Zeitz began playing handball aged 6 with his two older brothers. At 18 he became a part of the first team at TSV Östringen in the 2. Bundesliga. When the tem fused with TSG Kronau to SG Kronau-Östringen, he followed. With the club he was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga.
He then joined THW Kiel, where he won the German Championship 9 times, the DHB-Pokal 6 times and the EHF Champions League 3 times.
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