Christopher McDermott
British handball player
Christopher McDermott (born 7 June 1989) is a British handball player. He competed as part of Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He currently coaches the GB Men's Under 20s. Past clubs include R.D. Slovan of Slovenia, Danish Liga side Aarhus G.F. and German Bundasliga side TUSEM Essen. In June 2015 he became the Great Britain handball team's most-capped player, surpassing Mick Hegarty's long-standing record of 55 caps set in the 1980s.
Biography
Having played for Wirral Handball Club since the age of 10, Christopher was selected at the age of 16 to move to Denmark as part of the GB Handball teams centralized program. After progressing through the ranks of the Danish youth club Handball Christopher was granted a move to Germany to play for TUSEM Essen. He has since played for Aarhus GF Håndbold, RD Slovan, UMF Afturelding and Salford H.C. (Now known as Warrington Wolves)
In May 2012 Christopher was selected for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Injuries nearly prevented him from doing so, with the player suffering a ruptured muscle the day before the opening ceremony. He managed to play through the injury and proceeded to play a big part in each of Team GB's matches at the games.
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