Rüdiger Borchardt

Rüdiger Borchardt
Personal information
Born (1963-12-08) 8 December 1963
Wismar, Germany
Nationality German
Height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Years Team
–1976
 TSG Wismar
1976–1982
 SC Empor Rostock
Senior clubs
Years Team
1982–1990
 SC Empor Rostock
1990–1991
 GWD Minden
1991–1992
 VfL Bad Schwartau
1992–1998
 SC Empor Rostock
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1990[1]
 East Germany 139 (668)
1990–?
 Germany 15 (22)

Rüdiger Borchardt (born 8 December 1963) is a German handball player, who represented both the East German and German national teams.[1] For East Germany, he competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics[2] and the 1986 and 1990 World Championships.

In the 1980s he was one of the best East German players, when he played for SC Empor Rostock. He was the topscorer in the DDR Oberliga in both the 1988-89 season (141 goals) and in the 1989-1990 season (149 goals).[3] After the fall of the Berlin Wall he joined GWD Minden in the 2nd Handball-Bundesliga, and in 1991 he joined VfL Bad Schwartau.[4] In 1992 he returned to SC Empor Rostock.

References

  1. 1 2 Stephan Müller; Helmut Laaß (20 July 2015). "Deutsche Handball Länderspiele". Sport-record.de. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rüdiger Borchardt Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Torschützenkönige der DDR-Oberliga Männer" [Top scorers of the DDR-Oberliga Men]. DDR-Handball.de. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Entstehung des VfL Bad Schwartau von 1863 e.V." vflbadschwartau.de (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2009.
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