Didier Dinart is a French retired handball player and current coach of the Montenegrin national team.
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.
The Austria women's national handball team is the national team of Austria. It is governed by the Austrian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.
Anita Görbicz is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.
Nikola Karabatić is a French former professional handball player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history.
Katalin Pálinger is a former Hungarian handball goalkeeper who most notably played for Győri ETO KC.
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren is a retired Norwegian handball player for the Norwegian national team, who last played for Larvik HK. She is commonly known as Linka. Outside handball she is a qualified nurse.
Lasse Svan Hansen is a Danish retired handballer, who last played for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team He was admitted to the Danish sports hall of fame in 2024. and in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship.
Thierry Omeyer is a retired French handball goalkeeper.
Maja Savić is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slagelse Dream Team (2004–2008).
Heidi Løke is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.
Christina Roslyng Christiansen is a former Danish team handball player. She is an Olympic champion and European champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2002 European Championship.
Bojana Popović née Petrović, is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recognition. After winning the Women's EHF Champions League with Budućnost and a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games with the Montenegro national team, Bojana Popović decided to retire from handball. However, in June 2016 Popović announced she would come out of retirement and make herself available for selection by the Montenegro national handball team to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Anja Althaus is a retired German handball player who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and formerly was a member of the German national team. She won the Champions League three times in her career.
Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team.
Linnea Marie Torstensson is a Swedish handballer who played for the Sweden national team. She competed in three Olympic Games.
Katarina Bulatović is a retired Montenegrin handball player, that played the right back position.
Nodjialem Myaro is a French handball player. She won silver at the 1999 World Championship and gold in 2003. She also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Bárbara Elisabeth Arenhart is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for RK Krim and the Brazilian national team. She is the captain of the Brazilian National Team.
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