Marc Baumgartner

Marc Baumgartner

Player information
Nickname	"Boumi"
birthday	March 4th 1971
place of birth	Bern , Switzerland
citizenship	Swiss
height	1.99 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-0000	GG Bern
0000-1987	BSV Bern Muri
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1987-1994	BSV Bern Muri
1994-1998	TBV Lemgo
1998-2000	Pathfinder Winterthur
2000-2005	TBV Lemgo
2005-2006	BSV Bern Muri
National team
Debut on	October 25, 1990
against	Hungary
	Games (goals)
Switzerland	169 (1093)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2006-2007	Switzerland (assistant coach)
As of September 15, 2016

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

Baumgartner made his debut in the National League A at BSV Bern Muri at the age of 16 . Here he developed into one of the most dangerous players in the Swiss league. He was the top scorer in the National League A in 1992 and 1994.

In 1994 he was signed by the German Bundesliga club TBV Lemgo , for whom he played successfully for many years - with a brief interruption. After a total of 270 Bundesliga games (1,261 goals) for the TBV, he moved back to BSV Bern Muri in 2005, where he also managed the office. After a year "Boumi" ended his sporting career and only took care of the office. In the National League A he had completed 248 games in which he scored 1,563 goals.

He ended his position as branch manager in September 2006 when he was offered the post of assistant coach in the Swiss national team. After only one year as an assistant coach, Baumgartner was no longer employed for financial reasons.

He made his international debut for the Swiss national team on October 25, 1990 against Hungary , where he scored twelve goals. In total, he played 169 games in his international career, in which he threw 1093 goals, making him the record scorer in his country. At the 1993 World Cup , where the Swiss team took 4th place, he was the top scorer of the World Cup with 47 goals. At the 1996 Olympic Games , he finished eighth.

successes

• with TBV Lemgo
  • 2 × German champions : 1997, 2003
  • 3 × German Cup winners : 1995, 1997, 2002
  • European Cup Winners' Cup : 1996
• with the Swiss national team
  • 4th place at the 1993 World Cup
  • Top scorer of the 1993 World Cup

Web links

• Marc Baumgartner in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Marc Baumgartner in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Marc Baumgartner at handball-hall-of-fame.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.news.ch Resignation of record scorer Marc Baumgartner on April 10, 2006, accessed on April 5, 2014
2. ↑ www.handball.ch Top scorer by season ( memento from April 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 5, 2014
3. ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: opponents team TBV Lemgo 2000/01 , accessed on September 24, 2019
4. ↑ www.ksta.de Marc Baumgartner retires from April 11, 2006, accessed on November 22, 2017
5. ↑ www.handball.ch Eternal goalscorer league of the NLA / SHL ( memento of March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on April 5, 2014
6. ↑ www.handball-world.com Switzerland with a new start on the way to Euro08 on October 13, 2006, accessed on April 5, 2014
7. ↑ sport.ch No new contract for Natonalcoach Djukic from June 18, 2008, accessed on April 5, 2014
8. ↑ www.handball.ch player profile Marc Baumgartner ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on April 5, 2014
9. ↑ www.handball-world.com World Cup history: The top scorer - three German players and one defending champion from January 10, 2013, accessed on April 5, 2014