Marc Wiltberger

Marc Wiltberger
Marc Wiltberger (2015)
Personal information
Born	(1961-07-19) 19 July 1961 (age 63) Strassbourg, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Centerback
Youth career
Team
–	Racing Club de Strasbourg
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1978-1989	Racing Club de Strasbourg
1989-1993	Girondins de Bordeaux HBC
1993-1996	Montpellier AHB
1996-1999	SG Wallau-Massenheim
1999-2001	SC Sélestat
2001-2004	Chambéry Savoie HB
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991-2000	France	148	(241)
Teams managed
2014-2015	Pays d'Aix Université Club (assistent)
2015	Pays d'Aix Université Club
Medal record World Championship 1997 Japan

Marc Wiltberger (born 1969) is a French team handball coach and former player.

Career

Wiltberger started his handball career at his hometown club Racing Club de Strasbourg. In 1989 he joined Girondins de Bordeaux HBC, where he won the 1990 Coupe de France. After 4 years he joined Montpellier AHB, where he won the French Championship in 1995. In the 1991-92 season he was top scorer in the French league. ^[1]

In 1996 he joined German Bundesliga team SG Wallau-Massenheim. ^[2] In 1999 he returned to France to join SC Sélestat. ^[3] From 2001 until his retirement in 2004 he played for Chambéry Savoie HB. Here he won the French League Cup in 2002 and came second in the French league in 2002 and 2003.

At the 1997 World Championship Japan he won bronze medals with the French team. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the French team placed sixth. ^[4]

In the 2014-15 season he was the assistent coach at Pays d'Aix Université Club. ^[5] When head coach Zvonimir Serdarušić left the club at the end of the season Wiltberger took over as interim coach until November 2015. ^{[6] [7]}

In January 1996 he was temporarily excluded from handball along with 5 other French players for the consumption of Marihuana. ^[8]

References

1. "Reconversion - Le Mag : Marc Wiltberger au rebond" (in French). French Handball Federation . Retrieved 1 May 2015.
2. "Gegnerkader SG Wallau/Massenheim 1998/99". archiv.thw-handball.de. THW Kiel . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
3. "Marc Wiltberger Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
4. "Marc Wiltberger". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
5. "Marc Wiltberger rempile en D1 masculine" (in French). handzone.net. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
6. "Au tour du Pays d'Aix Handball" (in French). Paris Saint-Germain Handball. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
7. "Marc Wiltberger n'est plus l'entraîneur d'Aix-en-Provence" (in French). lequipe.fr. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
8. "Wieder Marihuana-Fälle" (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 24 January 1996. p. 20.