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Has been playing handball since 2006 and started at his hometown club ETSV 09 Landshut in Germany…Discovered the sport due to his mother who used to be a goalkeeper in the German Regionalliga (third-highest division at the time)…Started trying out for various youth teams of renowned German handball teams in 2014 and decided at 15 years old to play for two of the top handball academies…Graduated high school at 17 years old in 2016…Currently playing at the Division 1 and Champions League club IFK Kristianstad in Sweden…Is the youngest of 3 brothers.

Career Highlights

2019 - 2020 Leading Goalkeeper (%) in Handbollsligan (Sweden)
2019 KamaGames Tri-Nations Tournament – 1st (Gormanston, Ireland)
2019 Pan American Games - 6th (Lima, Peru)
2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championships – 5th (Tbilis, Georgia)
2019 IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championships – 3rd, Team Captain (Pristina, Kosovo)
2018 Pan American Games Qualifier – 1st (Auburn, Alabama / Montreal, Canada)
2018 U.S. Open National Championships, Open Divison – 1st
2018: Named to USA Team Handball Men's Senior National Team
2018 IHF Trophy Continental Championships – 1st, Team Captain (West Dundee, Illinois)
2018 IHF Trophy Zonal Championships – 1st, Team Captain (West Dundee, Illinois)
2017 U21 IHF Trophy Continental Championship – 1st, Most Valuable Goalkeeper (Tunja, Colombia)
2017 U19 Pan American Championships – 11th (Santiago, Chile)
2017 Pan American Junior Championships – 4th, Most Valuable Goalkeeper (Asuncion, Paraguay)
2017 U19 Canadian Nationals – 2nd, Most Valuable Goalkeeper (Strathcona, Canada)
2017 TVG Junioren Akademie, Youth Bundesliga East – 3rd
2017 Named to Men's Youth National Team
2017 Named to Men's Junior National Team
2015 U17 German Championships – 3rd
2014 - 2016 U17 Bavarian Championships, 1st Place (2x)
2014 - 2016 All Bavarian School Championship, 1st Place (2x)
2013 - 2015 Bavarian All-Star Team Member

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