Christian Zeitz was a German backcourt handball player who won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics when the German team lost the final to Croatia 26-24. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Germans were the reigning World Champions but disappointed by failing to reach the quarter-finals after finishing fifth in their group. Zeitz was also on the German squad that won the World Championships in 2007 and the Europeans in 2004. He was also runner-up in the 2002 and 2003 European and World Championships respectively. In total, Zeitz scored 458 goals in 166 international matches. He was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.
At club level, Zeitz played with TSV Östringen (1986-2002), SG Kronau-Östringen (2002-03), SG Wallau/Massenheim (2003-04), THW Kiel (2003-14, 2016-18), KC Veszprém in Hungary (2014-16), SG Nußloch (2018-20), TVB Stuttgart (2020), and GWD Minden (2020-22). He helped Kiel win the German national title in 2005-10 and 2012-14, and the German Cup in 2007-09, 2011-13, and 2017. In 2012, Kiel won the national title without losing or drawing, and with a maximum 68 points. Additionally, with Kiel Zeitz he won the EHF Cup in 2007, the European Champions League in 2007, 2010 and 2012, and the Super Globe in 2011. With Veszprém, Zeitz won both the Hungarian Cup and national titles in 2015 and 2016.
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