This article is about a handball player. For the 19th century bishop, see Andreas Thiel (bishop)

Andreas Thiel (bishop)

Andreas Thiel was a Bishop of Ermland in East Prussia from 1885–1908.Thiel was born in Lokau in the district of Rößel...

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Andreas Thiel (born March 3, 1960 in Lünen

Lünen

Lünen or Luenen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund along the Lippe River. It is the largest town of the Unna district, and part of the green Münster area....

, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

) is a former German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

, in the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 and in the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

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In 1984 he was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper.

Eight years later he was part of the German team which finished tenth. He played five matches as goalkeeper.

In 1996 he played all six matches as goalkeeper for the German team again.

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