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    Thierry Omeyer is a French handball goalkeeper considered one of the best of all time. He has won major titles with the French national team including four World championships, three European championships, and two Olympic gold medals. At club level, Omeyer won numerous championships and cups with Montpellier and German club THW Kiel, including three Champions League titles with Kiel. He is one of only three goalkeepers to have been elected world's best player by the International Handball Federation.

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    Thierry Omeyer is a French handball goalkeeper considered one of the best of all time. He has won major titles with the French national team including four World championships, three European championships, and two Olympic gold medals. At club level, Omeyer won numerous championships and cups with Montpellier and German club THW Kiel, including three Champions League titles with Kiel. He is one of only three goalkeepers to have been elected world's best player by the International Handball Federation.

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    Thierry Omeyer is a French handball goalkeeper considered one of the best of all time. He has won major titles with the French national team including four World championships, three European championships, and two Olympic gold medals. At club level, Omeyer won numerous championships and cups with Montpellier and German club THW Kiel, including three Champions League titles with Kiel. He is one of only three goalkeepers to have been elected world's best player by the International Handball Federation.

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    Thierry Omeyer is a French handball goalkeeper considered one of the best of all time. He has won major titles with the French national team including four World championships, three European championships, and two Olympic gold medals. At club level, Omeyer won numerous championships and cups with Montpellier and German club THW Kiel, including three Champions League titles with Kiel. He is one of only three goalkeepers to have been elected world's best player by the International Handball Federation.

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    Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976 in

    Mulhouse, France) is a French handball


    goalkeeper who currently plays for Paris Saint-
    Germain Handball. Member of the French
    national team since 1999, he has won all major
    titles with the team: world champion (four
    times), European champion (three times) and
    Olympic champion (twice).
    He is widely considered to be one of the best
    handball goalkeepers of all time, and is the
    third goalkeeper so far to have been elected best
    player of the world by the International
    Handball Federation (the two others being
    Henning Fritz, in 2004, and rpd Sterbik, in
    2005), what he achieved in 2008. In his former
    club (THW Kiel), his nickname was Die Mauer
    (The Wall).
    Club career
    Omeyer started handball at age 9 in Cernay (Alsace). In 1994, he joined his first professional club, Slestat. His
    save percentage being up to 50%, he caught the attention of the best club in the French championship, Montpellier.
    Quickly becoming the first choice goalkeeper, he won five championships (from 2002 to 2006) and five national
    cups (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006). The biggest highlight of his time there is the win of the 2003 EHF
    Champions League, a title that had never been won by a French club before.
    In 2006, he decided to leave for a more competitive championship and joined the German club THW Kiel, with
    whom he won the double, the championship and the national cup in 2007 and 2008, plus the Champions League in
    2007, 2010 and 2012.

    International career
    He made his debut for the French national team on September 19, 1999 against Romania. In 2001, he became
    World champion after beating Sweden 28-25 (after two extra-times) in the final.
    In 2008, he became Olympic champion after an excellent tournament where he was voted best goalkeeper with
    a rate of 41% shots saved all over the competition. In the final, he saved 11 shots out of 39 to ensure France's 28-
    23 win over Iceland.
    In 2015, he became World champion after beating Qatar 25-22. He was voted best goalkeeper and the MVP of
    the tournament.

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