Frank Löhr (handball player)

Frank Lohr

Player information
birthday	March 24, 1966
place of birth	Augsburg , Germany
citizenship	German
height	1.97 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1972–0000	TG Viktoria Augsburg
0000-1985	VfL Günzburg
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1985-1993	TSV Milbertshofen
1993-1997	VfL Gummersbach
1997-2000	TSV GWD Minden
4 / 2001-2001	TUSEM food
National team
Debut on	October 21, 1984 in Most
against	Yugoslavia
	Games (goals)
BR Germany	39 (15)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
10 / 2000-8 / 2004	Germany (assistant coach)
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World Championship 0 × 1 × 0 × European Championship 1 × 1 × 0 ×
As of April 19, 2020

Frank Löhr (born March 24, 1966 in Augsburg ) is a former German handball player and coach. He was used as a middle back player and was considered a defensive specialist. For the German national team , he completed 39 international matches, in which he scored 15 goals. He was also assistant coach in the selection for four years.

Career

Loehr began with six years in the TG Viktoria Augsburg with the handball matches and later moved to VfL Gunzburg , where he already with 17 years in the Bundesliga with 18 years in the national team debut. After the 1983/84 season he was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga with Günzburg . After getting promoted again a year later, the second division TSV Milbertshofen signed him , which, thanks to a major sponsor, attracted some well-known players and hoped for promotion to the Bundesliga and an establishment in the top German. The ascent succeeded promptly, but the descent could only just be averted twice in a row. In the 1989/90 season , the finals for the German championship against TV Großwallstadt were surprisingly achieved. In the third and decisive game, however, they lost just under 21:22 and became runner-up. However, the DHB Cup could be won in the final against THW Kiel . In the 1990/91 season, Löhr then managed to win the European Cup Winners' Cup as team captain with Milbertshofen . Despite a 15:20 defeat at Elgorriaga Bidasoa Irún , they were able to win the final second leg in Löhr's hometown Augsburg with 24:16. The title defense the following year did not succeed. In the final they lost to Bramac Veszprém . Löhr was called back to the national team after a long time, but was only intended as a substitute for the 1992 Olympic Games . After TSV Milbertshofen got into financial difficulties in 1993, he moved to VfL Gummersbach . When VfL was also financially troubled, Löhr joined the TSV GWD Minden in 1997 . Here too, like in Milbertshofen and Gummersbach, he was team captain. With Minden he reached the Final Four for the DHB Cup again in 2000 . However, they failed in the semifinals at SG Flensburg-Handewitt . Shortly thereafter, he initially ended his career. In April 2001, however, TUSEM Essen reactivated him until the end of the season.

Löhr acquired the Trainer A license in 1999 and after the Olympic Games in 2000 he became Heiner Brands co-trainer for the German national team. In this role he was involved in the 2004 European Championship title and second place at the 2002 European Championship , the 2003 World Championship and the 2004 Olympic Games . After that, the collaboration with the DHB ended .

successes

• Promotion to the Bundesliga in 1985 and 1986
• DHB cup winner 1990
• European Cup Winner 1991
• European Champion 2004 (as assistant coach)

Private

After leaving GWD Minden in the summer of 2000, Frank Löhr joined his brother Jörg's company - who was also a national handball player. This employment relationship still exists today. In 2013 he also performed an advisory role at the then third division club TSV Friedberg .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Udo Wais: VfL Gummersbach: A Bundesliga dinosaur is fighting for his place. Gummersbach was once the FC Bayern handball player. Now the club is stumbling towards relegation. Ex-player Frank Löhr is worried in Augsburg. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. Presse-Druck- und Verlags-GmbH. Verlag der Augsburger Allgemeine, June 8, 2019, accessed on April 19, 2020 : "..., the native of Augsburg, ..." 
2. ↑ Knicker, Jürgen: Essen requests Löhr pass from GWD. Asmussen access perfect / contract back . In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 83, April 7, 2001, p. 41.
3. ↑ augsburger-allgemeine.de: Great competence helps the TSV . August 13, 2013, as of May 27, 2017.