Stefan Kretzschmar, Olympic runner-up from 2004, talks about the upcoming tournament, a German team on probation, and what he regrets from his time as a player.

Interview of Joachim Mölter

Stefan Kretzschmar, 45, is next to the former national coach Heiner Brand, 66, the most famous handball players in the country. The 218-time national player remained even after his career is present as a TV expert, the Supervisory Board of the Bundesliga club SC DHfK Leipzig, Ambassador for the 2019 world Championships, the Germany and Denmark in January together. Recently Kretzschmar has published his experiences in a book, the title of “Hölleluja!” ’t tell you is that it is the great success. Of which the left has celebrated the outside, of course, many: the SC Magdeburg

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