Martin Schwalb

{{short description|German handball player (born 1963)}}

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{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Martin Schwalb

| image = Martin Schwalb Interview DKB Handball Bundesliga HSG Wetzlar vs HSV Hamburg 2014-02 08.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Schwalb with HSV Hamburg in 2008

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|4 May 1963}}

| birth_place = Stuttgart, West Germany

| height = {{convert|1.94|m|ftin}}

| position = Right back

| years1 = {{0|0000}}-1980

| clubs1 = TSG Steinheim

| years2 = 1980-1982

| clubs2 = TSG Oßweil

| years3 = 1982-1984

| clubs3 = Frisch Auf Göppingen

| years4 = 1984-1988

| clubs4 = TV Großwallstadt

| years5 = 1988-1990

| clubs5 = TUSEM Essen

| years6 = 1990-1998

| clubs6 = SG Wallau-Massenheim

| years7 = 1999

| clubs7 = HC 93 Bad Salzuflen

| nationalteam1 = Germany

| nationalyears1 = 1983-?

| nationalcaps1 = 193

| nationalgoals1 = 594

| manageryears1 = 1998-2005

| managerclubs1 = SG Wallau-Massenheim

| manageryears2 = 2005

| managerclubs2 = HSG Wetzlar

| manageryears3 = 2005-2011

| managerclubs3 = HSV Hamburg

| manageryears4 = 2012-2014

| managerclubs4 = HSV Hamburg

| manageryears5 = 2020-2021

| managerclubs5 = Rhein-Neckar Löwen

| manageryears6 = 1/2024-2/2025

| managerclubs6 = HC Erlangen

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's handball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles | Team }}

}}

Martin Schwalb (born 4 May 1963) is a former West German handball player and current handball coach who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In 2013 he led his team, HSV Hamburg, to its first win of the EHF Champions League.

In 1984 he was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored nine goals. He and all the other players of the German Handballteam were awarded with the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highrst sportaward.olympia.org Biography Martin Schwab

Twelve years later he was part of the German team which finished seventh. He played all six matches and scored 23 goals.