The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, took place in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August through 11 September 1972. A total of 7,134 athletes from 121 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 195 events from 23 sports.
Egypt, which is represented by the Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from July 19 to August 4, 1996. Twenty-nine Egyptian athletes, twenty-seven men and two women, competed in boxing, handball, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, and wrestling, but the nation did not win any medals.
Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer is a now-retired professional German handball player and present-day coach. As a member of the Germany men's national handball team, he won the world championship in 2007 and the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Florian Stefan Kehrmann is a former German handball player and current coach for TBV Lemgo.
Thomas Happe is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Dirk Rauin is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Siegfried Roch is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Ulrich Roth is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Martin Schwalb is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently coaches Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
Uwe Schenker is a West German former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Thomas Springel is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Klaus Wöller is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Andreas Thiel is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Hein Arnulf Bæk is a retired Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Daniel Narcisse is a retired French handball player and French international from 2000 to 2017. He is a double Olympic champion, quadruple World champion and triple European champion, one of the most awarded French team handball players with nine international titles. He progresses to the position of half-center or rear left.
Bertrand Fabien Gille is a handball player from France. Very strong physically, and was honored with the title of World Player of the Year in 2002.
Anders Eggert is a Danish handball coach and former player. He has previously played in Denmark for GOG and Skjern Håndbold, and german side SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He was part of SG Flensburg-Handewitt team that won the 2013–14 EHF Champions League trophy. In his 11 years with SG Flensburg-Handewitt he played in 461 matches and scored 2531 times.
Dagur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of the Japanese national team. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
