Gerd Becker was a member of the West German handball team that lost the match for the bronze medal 21-18 against Poland after extra time at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. He earned 33 international caps. Domestically, he played with Grün-Weiß Dankersen Minden, helping them to win the West German title in 1977 and West German Cups in 1975, 1976, and 1979. In 1976, Dankersen lost the EHF Cup Winners’ Cup final versus Club Balonmano Granollers from Spain. In 1981, Dankersen was relegated and Becker retired to become a dentist in his hometown of Minden.
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