Juri_Knorr

Juri Knorr

Juri Knorr

German handball player (born 2000)

Juri Knorr (born 9 May 2000) is a German handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the German national team.

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Career

Clubs

Knorr started playing handball in the Mini-Mix from VfL Bad Schwartau.[1] He later joined MTV Lübeck.[2] In addition, he played football for VfL Bad Schwartau and VfB Lübeck until 2015. Knorr returned to VfL Bad Schwartau, where he played in the A-Jugend-Bundesliga. He left VfL in 2017, at the age of 17, and joined HSG Ostsee N / G, which was trained by his father Thomas Knorr.[3]

In 2018 he moved to FC Barcelona, playing for their second division team.[4] In December 2018 he made his debut in FC Barcelona's top team, where he played a total of six games.[5][6] In 2019 he signed for the German Handball-Bundesliga club GWD Minden.[6] Since 2021 he's playing for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.[7] With Rhein-Neckar Löwen he won the German cup 2023.

National team

With Germany he participated in the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in 2018, and was awarded a place in the All-Star team as the best left back.[8] He made his debut for the senior national team in November 2020.[9]

Knorr impressed at the 2024 European Championship held in Germany, scoring a total of 50 goals as Germany reached the semi-final.[10] This earned him an inclusion in the All Star Team as the best centre back.[11]

Individual awards

  • Best young player of the World Championship: 2023[12]
  • All-Star centre back of the European Championship: 2024[13]

References

  1. [1]
    "Groß geworden mit den Handballtagen". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "WM-Debütant Juri Knorr: Vater Thomas zittert mit". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Top-Talent am Scheideweg". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Handball-Talent Juri Knorr wechselt zum FC Barcelona". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    "El Barça d'handbol fa debutar Àlex Pascual, Mamadou Diocou i Juri Knorr". beteve.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    "GWD Minden verpflichtet deutsches Spielmacher-Talent vom FC Barcelona". Handball world (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Rhein-Neckar Löwen verpflichten Juri Knorr". Rhein-Neckar Löwen (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. [8]
    "JURI KNORR IM ALL-STAR-TEAM DER U18-EUROPAMEISTERSCHAFT". DHB (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. [9]
    "ERFOLGREICHES GISLASON-DEBÜT". DHB. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Zahlen von Deutschlands Handballern bei der Handball-EM". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. [11]
    "Wolff und Knorr im All-Star-Team der Handball-EM, Remili wird MVP". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  12. [12]
    "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024.
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