Ulrich Roth

Ulrich Roth played handball with SG Leutershausen (until 1982 and 1990-95), MTSV Schwabing (1982-87), and TV Großwallstadt (1987-90) in the Deutsche Bundesliga. In 1986 Roth was runner-up at the German Championships and cup winner with Schwabing, also winning the1989 cup and 1990 German title with Großwallstadt. In 1992 he was again runner-up at the German Championships with Leutershausen. Roth earned 151 international caps, scoring 290 goals. His greatest moments were silver medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and 1983 World Championships.

Ulrich and his twin brother Michael Roth both developed prostate cancer almost simultaneously in 2009, and wrote of their struggle in their book Unser Leben – Unsere Krankheit (Our Life – Our Disease).Their father Oskar Roth (* 1933) was a former basketball international, earning 63 international caps. Ulrich married track athlete Gabe Roth but they later divorced. He became a sports manager and vice-president of SG Leutershausen, and in 1997 began managing German pop band “Pur.”