Juri Knorr

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Juri Knorr
Knorr in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 25)
Flensburg, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Aalborg Håndbold
Number 21
Youth career
Team
–
 VfL Bad Schwartau
–
 MTV Lübeck
2016-2017
 VfL Bad Schwartau
Senior clubs
Years Team
2017–2018
 HSG Ostsee N/G
2018–2019
 FC Barcelona B
2019–2021
 GWD Minden
2021–2025
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2025–
 Aalborg Håndbold
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–
 Germany 79 (301)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 July 2025

Juri Knorr (born 9 May 2000) is a German handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the German national team. He won a silver medal with Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics and has been named to several All-Star Teams, including at the 2024 European Championship and the 2024 Olympics.[1][2][3]

Career

Clubs

Knorr started playing handball in the youth program from VfL Bad Schwartau.[4] He later joined MTV Lübeck.[5] In addition, he played football for VfL Bad Schwartau and VfB Lübeck until 2015. Knorr returned to VfL Bad Schwartau, where he played in the A-Jugend-Bundesliga (German youth league). He left VfL in 2017, at the age of 17, and joined HSG Ostsee N/G, which was trained by his father Thomas Knorr.[6] In 2018 he moved to FC Barcelona, playing for their second division team.[7] In December 2018 he made his debut in FC Barcelona's top team, where he played a total of six games.[8][9] In 2019 he signed for the German Handball-Bundesliga club GWD Minden.[9] From 2021 to 2025, he played for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.[10] With Rhein-Neckar Löwen he won the German cup 2023. In September 2024, Aalborg Håndbold announced the signing of Knorr, and he joined the club ahead of the 2025–26 season.[11][12]

National team

With Germany he participated in the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in 2018, and was awarded a place in the All-Star Team as the best left back.[13] He made his debut for the senior national team in November 2020.[14] At the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship in Poland and Sweden, Knorr played a key role for Germany, scoring 43 goals and helping the team reach the quarter-finals, where they finished fifth overall. His performance earned him the Best Young Player award.[15] Knorr impressed at the 2024 European Championship held in Germany, scoring a total of 50 goals as Germany reached the semi-final.[16] This earned him an inclusion in the All-Star Team as the best centre back.[17] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Knorr contributed significantly to Germany's silver medal finish, scoring 36 goals and earning a place on the All-Star Team as the best centre back.[18]

At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final.[19]

Individual awards

  • All-Star centre back of the Olympic Games: 2024[20]
  • Best young player of the World Championship: 2023[21]
  • All-Star centre back of the European Championship: 2024[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Auszeichnungen der Handball-EM Wolff und Knorr im All-Star-Team, Remili MVP". sportschau.de. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star Team Revealed". ihf.info. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Groß geworden mit den Handballtagen". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "WM-Debütant Juri Knorr: Vater Thomas zittert mit". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Top-Talent am Scheideweg". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Handball-Talent Juri Knorr wechselt zum FC Barcelona". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "El Barça d'handbol fa debutar Àlex Pascual, Mamadou Diocou i Juri Knorr". beteve.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. 1 2 "GWD Minden verpflichtet deutsches Spielmacher-Talent vom FC Barcelona". Handball world (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Rhein-Neckar Löwen verpflichten Juri Knorr". Rhein-Neckar Löwen (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Fra sommeren 2025 og tre sæsoner frem vil den højtprofilerede tyske playmaker trække i den røde Aalborg Håndbold-trøje" (in Danish). Aalborg Håndbold. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Aalborg sign German star Knorr". eurohandball.com. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "JURI KNORR IM ALL-STAR-TEAM DER U18-EUROPAMEISTERSCHAFT". DHB (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "ERFOLGREICHES GISLASON-DEBÜT". DHB. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Zahlen von Deutschlands Handballern bei der Handball-EM". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Wolff und Knorr im All-Star-Team der Handball-EM, Remili wird MVP". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star Team Revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "Euro 2026 Final - Match Report". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  20. ↑ "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star Team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  22. ↑ "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024.