Christopher McDermott

Christopher McDermott
Personal information
Born (1989-06-07) 7 June 1989
Nationality British
Height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Warrington Wolves
Senior clubs
Afturelding
R.D. Slovan
Aarhus G.F.
TUSEM Essen
National team
2006-Present  Great Britain

Christopher McDermott (born 7 June 1989) is a British Handball player. He competed as part of Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He currently plays for Salford H.C. Past clubs include R.D. Slovan of Slovenia, Danish Liga side Aarhus G.F. and German Bundasliga side TUSEM Essen. In June 2015 he became the Great Britain handball team's most capped player, surpassing Mick Hegarty's long standing record of 55 caps set in the 1980s.

Bio

Having played for Wirral Handball Club since the age of 10, Christopher was selected at the age of 16 to move to Denmark as part of the GB Handball teams centralized program. After progressing through the ranks of Danish youth club Handball Christopher was granted a move to Germany to play for TUSEM Essen. He has since player for Aarhus GF Håndbold, RD Slovan, Afturelding and Salford H.C.

In May 2012 Christopher was selected for the London 2012 Olympics games. Injuries nearly prevented him from doing so, with the player suffering a ruptured muscle the day before the opening ceremony. He managed to play through the injury and proceeded to play a big part in each of Team GB's matches at the games. Team GB competed against France, Sweden, Argentina, Tunisia and Iceland, losing all of their games.

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