Jaume Fort
Jaume Fort
As of February 14, 2014
Jaume Fort Lorenzo Mauri ( born July 25, 1966 in Cardedeu, Spain ) is a former Spanish handball goalkeeper. He is married and has one child.
Sporting career
Association
Jaume Fort began six years ago with the Handball Game in his hometown at BM Cardedeu. At 15 he went to the youth department of BM Granollers. 1986 debuted the 1.82 m wide keeper in the league ASOBAL and played four years for Granollers. In 1990 he joined the club was only founded a year earlier BM Alzira Avidesa, with whom he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano 1992 and the EHF Cup in 1993/94. He then moved to the reigning EHF Champions League winner CB Cantabria Santander. In his five seasons Fort again won the King Cup, twice, the Copa ASOBAL, the Super Copa Asobal and the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1999 he joined the German Bundesliga TBV Lemgo, with whom he won the Supercup 1999. After two years, he joined the newly promoted Frisch Auf Göppingen, where he initially ended his career in 2004.
In March 2005, he was reactivated by BM Ciudad Real for the failed due to a torn ACL strain goalkeeper Arpad Šterbik until the end of the season. With Ciudad Real was defeated in the finals of the EHF Champions League 2004 /05 FC Barcelona razor thin with a gate.
On August 11, 2007 Jaume Fort was awarded together with Dejan Peric as the best goalkeeper in the history of the Schlecker Cup.
National
With the Spanish national team of 177- round pick goalkeeper took part in the 1988 Olympic Games, in 1992 and 1996 and won his third participation in the bronze medal. In the same year he became vice European champion, 1998, he repeated this success. At the 2000 European Championships he won again bronze.
Professional career
Jaume Fort has a degree in English Philology and is fluent in Spanish and English, fluent in French and German. After he had been for the "unification of the Spanish handball player " (ABM ) is active, he " Association of European Handball Players " ( EHPU ) was also elected President of the. In February 2007, he was in the " Athletes Commission," the IHF gewählt.Seit June 2007 he was on the city council from among others Cardedeu responsible for the sport. In February 2012, he resigned his office to work on the organizing committee of Granollers for the Handball World Championship for Men 2013.
Achievements
- Copa del Rey de Balonmano 1991/1992 and 1994/95
- Copa ASOBAL 1996/97 and 1997/98
- Super Copa Asobal 1994/95
- German Supercup 1999
- German Vice Champion 1999/2000
- European Cup Winners' Cup 1998/99
- EHF Cup 1993/94
- Finalist EHF Champions League 2004 /05
- Finalist EHF European Cup Winners' Cup 1995/96
- Silver at the European Championships in 1996 and 1998
- Bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics
- Bronze at the 2000 European Championships
- League All-Star in 2000, 2002 and 2003