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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1989 Birkenhead, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Sport | Handball | ||||||||
| Position | Line Player/Back | ||||||||
| Current club | Warrington Wolves Handball Club | ||||||||
| Number | 42 | ||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||
| – | UMF Afturelding | ||||||||
| – | R.D. Slovan | ||||||||
| – | Aarhus G.F. | ||||||||
| – | TUSEM Essen | ||||||||
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Christopher McDermott (born 7 June 1989) is a British handball player. [1] He competed as part of Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He currently coaches the GB Men's Under 20s handball club.[ citation needed ] Past clubs include R.D. Slovan of Slovenia,Danish Liga side Aarhus G.F. and German Bundasliga side TUSEM Essen.[ citation needed ] In June 2015 he became the Great Britain handball team's most-capped player,surpassing Mick Hegarty's long-standing record of 55 caps set in the 1980s. [1]
McDermott was born on 7 June,1989 in Birkenhead,UK.[ better source needed ] After playing for the Wirral Handball Club since the age of 10,McDermott was selected to move to Denmark as part of the GB Handball teams centralized program at age 16. [1] [ citation needed ] After progressing through the ranks of the Danish handball youth club,McDermott was granted a move to Germany to play for TUSEM Essen.[ citation needed ] He has since played for Aarhus GF Håndbold,RD Slovan,UMF Afturelding and the Warrington Wolves [note 1] handball club (HC).
In May 2012 McDermott was selected for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] He suffered a ruptured muscle the day before the opening ceremonies,but managed to play through the injury and proceeded to play a major part in each of Team GB's matches at the games.[ citation needed ] Team GB competed against France,Sweden,Argentina,Tunisia and Iceland,where GB was unable to record a win despite having risen dramatically through the world rankings.[ citation needed ]
McDermott and his Warrington Wolves teammates have since broken the dominance expatriate players had previously held in British handball leagues. With a team consisting of solely British players,the Wolves have risen to the top of the English Handball Premier League with successive League and Cup doubles and victory in the British Cup.[ citation needed ]