Jan-Olaf Immel was a German backcourt handball player winning the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics., when the German team lost the final to Croatia 26-24. He was also on the German squad winning the European Championships in 2004 and was runner-up at the 2003 Worlds. In total, Immel scored 151 goals in 105 international matches.
On club level, Immel played with SG Wallau/Massenheim (until 2005), TV Großwallstadt (2005-07), TSG Münster (2007-09), HSG FrankfurtRheinMain (2009-10), and DHC Rheinland (2010-11). Immel became a graduated sports teacher by profession and turned to coaching ¡with TSG Münster, HSG FrankfurtRheinMain, and TSG Eppstein. He was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.
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