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{{short description|German handball player (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Martin Schwalb
| image = Martin Schwalb Interview DKB Handball Bundesliga HSG Wetzlar vs HSV Hamburg 2014-02 08.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Schwalb with [[HSV Hamburg]] in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|4 May 1963}}
| birth_place = [[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]
| height = {{convert|1.94|m|ftin}}
| position = Right back
| years1 = {{0|0000}}-1980
| clubs1 = TSG Steinheim
| years2 = 1980-1982
| clubs2 = TSG Oßweil
| years3 = 1982-1984
| clubs3 = [[Frisch Auf Göppingen]]
| years4 = 1984-1988
| clubs4 = [[TV Großwallstadt]]
| years5 = 1988-1990
| clubs5 = [[TUSEM Essen]]
| years6 = 1990-1998
| clubs6 = [[SG Wallau-Massenheim]]
| years7 = 1999
| clubs7 = HC 93 Bad Salzuflen
| nationalteam1 = [[Germany men's national handball team|Germany]]
| nationalyears1 = 1983-?
| nationalcaps1 = 193
| nationalgoals1 = 594
| manageryears1 = 1998-2005
| managerclubs1 = [[SG Wallau-Massenheim]]
| manageryears2 = 2005
| managerclubs2 = [[HSG Wetzlar]]
| manageryears3 = 2005-2011
| managerclubs3 = [[HSV Hamburg]]
| manageryears4 = 2012-2014
| managerclubs4 = [[HSV Hamburg]]
| manageryears5 = 2020-2021
| managerclubs5 = [[Rhein-Neckar Löwen]]
| manageryears6 = 1/2024-2/2025
| managerclubs6 = [[HC Erlangen]]
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[handball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Handball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
}}

'''Martin Schwalb''' (born 4 May 1963) is a former [[West Germany|West German]] [[Team handball|handball]] player and current handball coach who competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. 

In [[2012–13 EHF Champions League|2013]] he led his team, [[HSV Hamburg]], to its first win of the [[EHF Champions League]].

In 1984 he was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored nine goals. He and all the other players of the German Handballteam were awarded with the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highrst sportaward.<ref>olympia.org Biography Martin Schwab</ref>

Twelve years later he was part of the German team which finished seventh. He played all six matches and scored 23 goals.

== Clubs ==

=== As a player ===

* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[TSG Steinheim]] (–1980)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[TSG Oßweil]] (1980–1982)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Frisch Auf Göppingen]] (1982–1984)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[TV Großwallstadt]] (1984–1988)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[TUSEM Essen]] (1988–1990)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[SG Wallau-Massenheim]] (1990–1998)

=== As a coach ===

* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[SG Wallau-Massenheim]] (1998–2005)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[HSG Wetzlar]] (2005)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[HSV Hamburg]] (2005–2011, 2012–2014)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Rhein-Neckar Löwen]] (2020-2021)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[ HC Erlangen]](2024-)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{databaseOlympics |id=SCHWAMAR01}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/martin-schwalb-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224028/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/martin-schwalb-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:German male handball players]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic handball players for West Germany]]
[[Category:West German male handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic handball players for Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for West Germany]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Stuttgart]]
[[Category:Handball players from Stuttgart (region)]]
[[Category:German handball coaches]]
[[Category:Frisch Auf Göppingen players]]


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