Juri Knorr

Juri Knorr (born 9 May 2000) is a German handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the German national team.

Clubs
Knorr started playing handball in the Mini-Mix from VfL Bad Schwartau. He later joined MTV Lübeck. In addition, he played football for VfL Bad Schwartau and VfB Lübeck until 2015. Knorr returned to VfL Bad Schwartau, where he played in the A-Jugend-Bundesliga. He left VfL in 2017, at the age of 17, and joined HSG Ostsee N / G, which was trained by his father Thomas Knorr.

In 2018 he moved to FC Barcelona, playing for their second division team. In December 2018 he made his debut in FC Barcelona's top team, where he played a total of six games. In 2019 he signed for the German Handball-Bundesliga club GWD Minden. Since 2021 he's playing for Rhein-Neckar Löwen. With Rhein-Neckar Löwen he won the German cup 2023.

National team
With Germany he participated in the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in 2018, and was awarded a place in the All-Star team as the best left back. He made his debut for the senior national team in November 2020.

Knorr impressed at the 2024 European Championship held in Germany, scoring a total of 50 goals as Germany reached the semi-final. This earned him an inclusion in the All Star Team as the best centre back.

Individual awards

 * Best young player of the World Championship: 2023
 * All-Star centre back of the European Championship: 2024