Hans Moser

Hans Moser (in Romania known sometimes as Ioan Moser; born 24 January 1937 in Timișoara, Romania) is a former Romanian-born German handball player and coach. He won two world championships as a player for the Romanian national team.

During his active player career, Moser, who is 1.92m tall, played as a center back.

In 2000, the official bulletin of the International Handball Federation, World Handball Magazine, chose Moser as a member of the "Team of the Century", together with teammates Cornel Penu and Gheorghe Gruia.

Before beginning to play handball competitionally, he used to play water polo and volleyball (in the latter, he was even called up for the Romanian national team's training camp).

Moser studied at a vocational high school between 1952 and 1956. In Timișoara he played for Constructorul and Știința Timișoara (winning the field handball national championship in 1956).

After studying agronomy for three years in his hometown, he studied physical education at the Sports Institute in Bucharest (1960–1965). In Bucharest he played for Dinamo Bucharest.

With Romania he participated in four World Championships: in 1958 in France, Moser and his teamates were eliminated the preliminary round. in 1961 in West Germany, he became world champion. in 1964 in Czechoslovakia, besides becoming again world champion, he was top scorer of the tournament. In the same year he was named "Best Handball Player in the World". in 1967 in Sweden, he won a bronze medal.

In 1964–1965, he won the European Cup with Dinamo Bucharest.

In 2004 he was investigated for forgery, use of forgery, and fraud. In 2008 he was sentenced by a court of law in Sighetu Marmației to one year and six months imprisonment, suspended for three and a half years.

He has been married four times, his last wife being Cuban.