Alexander Buchmann
Alexander Buchmann (born January 24, 1982 is a former Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player.

Biography

His last club was US d'Ivry Handball

US d'Ivry Handball

US d'Ivry is a team handball club from France. Currently, US d'Ivry competes in the French First League of Handball.-Accomplishments:*National Championship of France: 7**1963, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1997 et 2007...

 in the French First League of Handball. He has also played for the Norwegian clubs Astor, Byåsen, Sjetne and Heimdal, German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt

SG Flensburg-Handewitt

SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, SG Flensburg-Handewitt competes in the German First League of Handball .-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 1**2004*National Cup of Germany: 3...

, Spanish club BM Altea

BM Altea

Balonmano Altea was a handball team based in Altea, Alicante, Spain. The last season, the team played in 1ª Nacional.-History:*Founded on September 1974. The Balonmano Altea has teams in all categories of Spanish Handball. The President of the Balonmano Altea from season 96/97 is Mr. Paschal...

 and Toulouse Union Handball in France.

He played 61 matches and scored 196 goals for the Norwegian Team before he had to quit handball due to an Achilles tendon

Achilles tendon

The Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.- Anatomy :The Achilles is the tendonous extension of 3 muscles in the lower leg:...

 injury during the world championship in 2009.

After he retired as a handball player he has been working with the Norwegian Handball Federation doing analysis.

Since autumn 2010 he has been working with logistics at Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières

' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...

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External links

• Profil på handball.no
• http://www.tv2sporten.no/handball/vm2009/article2520396.ece
• http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/handball/article2887308.ece
• http://www.legerutengrenser.no/Aktuelt/Feltarbeidere/Alexander-Buchmann