Johannes Bitter

Johannes Bitter
Personal information
Born	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 42) Oldenburg, West Germany
Nationality	German
Height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	HSV Hamburg
Number	1
Youth career
Years	Team
1989–1999	HSG Neuenburg/Bockhorn
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2002	SG VTB Altjührden
2002–2003	Wilhelmshavener HV
2003–2007	SC Magdeburg
2007–2016	HSV Hamburg
2016–2021	TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2021–	HSV Hamburg
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2022	Germany	175	(1)
Medal record Men's handball Representing  Germany World Championship 2007 Germany

Johannes Bitter (born 2 September 1982) is a German handball goalkeeper for HSV Hamburg.

Club career

Bitter started his senior career with SG VTB Altjührden in 1999, before moving to Wilhelmshavener HV three years later. After only one season in Wilhelmshaven, he signed with SC Magdeburg in 2003, with whom he won the EHF Cup. Following that success, Bitter eventually moved to HSV Hamburg in the summer of 2007. In 2016 Bitter moved from Hamburg to TVB 1898 Stuttgart.[1] There, he has extended his contract by one year to stay with the club until 30 June 2018.[2]

International career

Bitter made his debut for the German national team on 4 January 2002 in Balingen against Switzerland. He is World champion from 2007 with Germany. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.[3] Bitter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[4]

After the 2020 Summer Olympics, he announced that he would not be participating in the national team again unless there was an emergency.[5] At the 2022 European Championship he participated again, for the last time.[6][7]

Later career

Bitter has been a handball commentator both for DAZN and the German TV channel ARD.

References

1. Sport1.de. "Handball: Johannes Bitter wechselt vom HSV Hamburg zum TVB 1898 Stuttgart". Sport1.de (in German). Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
2. Germany, kicker online, Nürnberg. "Weltmeister Bitter hängt ein weiteres Jahr dran". kicker online (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
3. "Germany" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handbal Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 5 February 2008)
4. Staff (4 July 2008), Team Hamburg – Athleten (in German), Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, archived from the original on 16 August 2008, retrieved 17 August 2008
5. "ABSCHIED AUS DER NATIONALMANNSCHAFT". DHB.de. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
6. "Cumulative Statistics". EHF. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
7. "Abschied einer deutschen Legende". sport1.de. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

External links

• Johannes Bitter at the European Handball Federation
• Johannes Bitter at Handball-Bundesliga (in German)
• Johannes Bitter at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
• Johannes Bitter at Olympedia