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Biography
Johannes Bitter (born September 2, 1982 in Oldenburg) is a German team handball goalkeeper playing for HSV Hamburg and the German national team.
Club career
Bitter startet his senior career with SG VTB Altjührden in 1999, before moving to Wilhelmshavener HV three years later. After only one season in Wilhelmshaven, he signed with SC Magdeburg in 2003, with whom he won the EHF Cup. Following that success, Bitter eventually moved to HSV Hamburg in the summer of 2007.
International career
Bitter made his debut for the German national team on 4 January 2002 in Balingen against Switzerland.
He is World champion from 2007 with Germany. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. Bitter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.