Marc Baumgartner

As of April 5, 2014

Marc Baumgartner ( born March 4, 1971 in Bern ) is a Swiss former handball player. He played in his time in the left back.

Baumgartner denied even as a 16 -year-old made ​​his debut in the National League A in the BSV Bern Muri. Here he developed into one of the most prolific players in the Swiss League. He was in the years 1992 and 1994 scorer in National League A.

1994 signed him to the German Bundesliga club TBV Lemgo, for which he successfully for many years - with a brief interruption - played. After a total of 270 league games ( 1261 goals) for the TBV 2005 he moved back to BSV Bern Muri, where he also headed the office. After a year finished " Boumi " his sports career and cared only about the office. In the National League A, he had completed 248 games in which he scored 1563 hits.

A job as a branch manager, he finished in September 2006, when he was offered the Swiss national team him the post of assistant coach. After only one year as an assistant coach Baumgartner was not further employed for financial reasons.

His international debut for the Swiss national team, he played on October 25, 1990 against Hungary in which he threw twelve gates. Overall, he played in his international career 169 games in which he threw in 1093 gates, which he is top scorer in his country. At the 1993 World Championships, where the Swiss selection finished 4th, he was charged with 47 goals scorer in the World Cup. In the 1996 Olympics, he finished eighth.

Achievements

• With TBV Lemgo 2x German champion: 1997, 2003
• 3x German Cup: 1995, 1997, 2002
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1996

• 4th place at the 1993 World Cup
• Scorer in the 1993 World Championships