{{short description|German handball player (born 1960)}} {{about|a handball player|the 19th century bishop|Andreas Thiel (bishop)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Andreas Thiel | image = Andreas Thiel 01.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Thiel in 2008 | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 3, 1960}} | birth_place = Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | height = {{convert|1.94|m|ftin}} | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's handball }} {{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles | Team }} }}
'''Andreas Thiel''' (born March 3, 1960) is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.<ref name=hof>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/new-legends-of-the-game-inducted-into-ehf-hall-of-fame/|title=New legends of the game inducted into EHF Hall of Fame|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=28 January 2025}}</ref>
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.
==References== {{reflist}} * {{databaseOlympics |id=THIELAND01}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/andreas-thiel-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/andreas-thiel-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}
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