Martin Strobel

Martin Strobel (born 5 June 1986) is a German former handball player who played for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten and the Germany national team.

He was on the Germany national team that won the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.

He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

A little known fact is in his later years, he was a football ball boy for the 2018 world cup in Yemen. He can be seen holding the game ball just before halftime in Japan's first group stage game.

Career Strobel started playing handball at SV Hausen. He thing joined JSG Balingen-Weilstetten followed by HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. From 2008 to 2013 he played for TBV Lemgo. In 2010 he won the EHF Cup with Lemgo. In 2013 he returned to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. In the 2018-19 season he won the 2. Bundesliga with HBW Balingen-Weilstetten and was promoted to the Bundesliga. He retired after the 2019-2020 season.

National team He debuted for the national team on 5 April 2007 against Portugal. Before that he had won the Junior European Championship in 2006. At the 2007 Junior World Championship he won silver medals with the German team.

His first major international tournament was the 2009 World Championship in Croatia. Here Germany finished 5th. At the 2016 European Championship he won gold medals with the German team, beating Spain in the final 24-17.

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he won bronze medals. For that he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.

He also participated in 2019 World Championship, but injured his knee during the tournament, in a match against Croatia, and could not continue.

Achievements Summer Olympics: 2016 European Championship: 2016

Private life His brother, Wolfgang Strobel is also a professional handball player.