{{Short description|German handball player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Christoph Steinert | fullname = Christoph Steinert | image = 2024-07-20 Handball, Teamfotos Nationalmannschaften für die Olympischen Spiele STP 1160 by Stepro-2.jpg | caption = Steinert in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|01|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | height = 1.95 m | currentclub = HC Erlangen | clubnumber = 44 | position = Right back | youthyears1 = 2003–2007 | youthclubs1 = SV Lokomotive Rangsdorf | youthyears2 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs2 = SC Magdeburg | years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = SC Magdeburg | years2 = 2010–2015 | clubs2 = GWD Minden | years3 = 2015–2017 | clubs3 = SC DHfK Leipzig | years4 = 2017–2019 | clubs4 = HC Erlangen | years5 = 2019–2021 | clubs5 = SC Magdeburg | years6 = 2021– | clubs6 = HC Erlangen | nationalyears1 = 2022– | nationalteam1 = Germany | nationalcaps1 = 51 | nationalgoals1 = 101 | ntupdate = 7 January 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Team}} }}
'''Christoph Steinert''' (born 18 January 1990) is a German handball player for HC Erlangen and the German national team.<ref>{{cite web |title=SQUAD LISTS FOR MEN'S EHF EURO 2024 CONFIRMED |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/news/en/squad-lists-for-men-s-ehf-euro-2024-confirmed/ |website=EHF |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
==Career== Steinert started playing handball at the age of 13 at SV Lokomotive Rangsdorf.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zurück in der Benke-Halle. Handball: Christoph Steinert wird mit den Youngsters Magdeburg Zweiter beim Männerturnier|publisher=Märkische Allgemeine|url= http://handball.svlok-rangsdorf.de/turniere/handballwoche/2009-2/ |website=handball.svlok-rangsdorf.de|first=Max|last=Konrad|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
Steinert won his first major trophy in 2021 with SC Magdeburg, when they defeated Füchse Berlin 28–25 in the final of the EHF European League. He represented Germany at the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship and 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany |url=https://www.ihf.info/competitions/men/308/28th-ihf-mens-world-championship-2023-polandsweden/101253/teams/115 |website=ihf.info |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SQUAD LISTS FOR MEN'S EHF EURO 2024 CONFIRMED |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/news/en/squad-lists-for-men-s-ehf-euro-2024-confirmed/ |website=EHF |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Navboxes |title=Germany squads | bg = white | fg = black | bordercolor= black |list1= {{Germany squad 2022 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2023 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2024 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Germany handball squad 2024 Summer Olympics}} {{Germany squad 2025 World Men's Handball Championship}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinert, Christoph}} Category:Living people Category:1990 births Category:German male handball players Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players for Germany Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Handball players from Berlin Category:SC Magdeburg players Category:SC DHfK Leipzig players Category:21st-century German sportsmen