Frank-Michael Wahl

Frank-Michael Wahl
Frank-Michael Wahl
	Frank-Michael Wahl (right) in 1983
Personal information
Full name	Frank-Michael Wahl
Born	24 August 1956 (age 68); Rostock, DDR
Nationality	Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Left back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1973–1990	SC Empor Rostock
1990-1993	SG VfL/BHW Hameln
1993-	TSG Altenhagen-Heepen
	TSG Emmerthal
National team
Years	Team
	DDR
	Germany
Teams managed
1999–2000	SG VfL/BHW Hameln
2001–2004	VfL Hessisch Oldendorf
2004-2005	HSG Gütersloh
2006-2007	HF Springe
2008	HSG Exten-Rinteln
2008-2009	TV 87 Stadtoldendorf
2016-	HSG Fuhlen/Hessisch Oldendorf
Medal record
Men's handball

Frank-Michael Wahl (born 24 August 1956 in Rostock) is a former German handball player and coach. During his playing career he played for both the DDR and German national team. With DDR competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, and with a unified Germany in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

In 1980 he was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored 33 goals. Eight years later he was part of the East German team which finished seventh. He played all six matches and scored 24 goals. In 1992 he competed with the German team and finished tenth. He played five matches and scored four goals.

Before the fall of the Berlin Wall he played for SC Empor Rostock in the DDR-Oberliga, where he won 3 DDR-championships and the FDGB-Pokal once. He also won the EHF Cup with Rostock in 1982.

He was four times the topscorer in the Oberliga (in 81/82, 82/83, 84/85 and in 85/86) and he was three times awarded the player of the year award.^[1]

After his playing career he went on to coach several German teams.