{{short description|German handball player (born 1973)}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox handball biography | image = Christian Ramota 01.jpg | caption = Ramota in 2007 | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|14 April 1973}} | birth_place = Cologne, Germany | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1988-1989 | clubs1 = TuS Königsdorf | years2 = 1989-1990 | clubs2 = TSV Bayer Dormagen | years3 = 1990-1991 | clubs3 = Polizei Allianz Köln | years4 = 1991-1998 | clubs4 = VfL Gummersbach | years5 = 1998-2001 | clubs5 = TV Großwallstadt | years6 = 2001-2005 | clubs6 = TBV Lemgo | years7 = 2005-2007 | clubs7 = VfL Gummersbach | years8 = 2008 | clubs8 = HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | years9 = 2010 | clubs9 = TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | nationalyears1 = 1993- | nationalteam1 = Germany | nationalcaps1 = 147 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's handball}} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | Team Competition }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2003 Portugal | Team Competition}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Slovenia | Team Competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2002 Sweden | Team Competition}} }}
'''Christian Ramota''' (born 14 April 1973) is a former German team handball player (goalkeeper). He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team.<ref name=db-ol-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |date=2008-04-07 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> He is also European champion from 2004, and received a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship.
In 2005 he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt award.
==Career== Ramota started playing handball at 15, and joined VfL Gummersbach three years later. In his second season he broke into the first team.<ref name="handball">{{cite web|url=http://www.christian-ramota.de/handball/|publisher=Christian Ramota|title=Christian Ramota Handball|date=|accessdate=2016-03-19}}</ref> In November 1993 he debuted for the German national team against Switzerland.
In 2003 he won the German Championship with Lemgo. In total he played 456 Bundesliga matches.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/geschich.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919193357/http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/geschich.htm|archive-date=19 September 2013| website=thw-provinzial.de|title=Ewige Bundesliga-Siebenmeterschützenliste|language=de}}</ref>
In september 2010 he made a comeback to handball for four months when Swiss club TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen had their starting goalkeeper injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.handballwoche.de/artikel/weitere/weltspiegel/news/christian-ramota-spielt-fuer-st-gallen/tab/1/img/0/ |title=Christian Ramota spielt für St. Gallen |publisher=handballwoche.de |date=2010-09-05|language=de |accessdate=2014-08-17}}</ref>
After his playing career he has worked in the catering business.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mcdonalds.ch/de/medienmitteilungen/neu-mcdonalds-mit-mccafe-raststaette-thurau-sued | title=Neu: McDonald's mit McCafé an Raststätte Thurau Süd | publisher=McDonalds | date=2013-10-15 | accessdate=2014-08-17| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204155438/http://www.mcdonalds.ch/de/medienmitteilungen/neu-mcdonalds-mit-mccafe-raststaette-thurau-sued|language=de |archive-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{EuroHandball|500374}} * {{Olympics.com|christian-ramota|org_archive=20200624232209}} * {{Olympedia|108674}}
{{Germany squad 2003 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2004 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramota, Christian}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:German male handball players Category:Olympic handball players for Germany Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:VfL Gummersbach players Category:TBV Lemgo players Category:Sportspeople from Cologne Category:German expatriate handball players Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Expatriate handball players in Switzerland
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