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Place of Birth: Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
About Joachim Deckarm
- Joachim Deckarm (born 19 January 1954 in Saarbrücken) is a former West German handball player who played for VfL Gummersbach and the German national handball team.
- After surviving a horrific sports accident in 1979, he is mentally handicapped. With Gummersbach, Deckarm won three German championships (1974–76) and two European team championships (1974 and 1978).
- Deckarm was part of the West German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament and part of the successful 1978 team which won the first handball World Championship for West Germany.
- He played all six matches and scored 28 goals.
- During his active time Deckarm was considered to be the best player in the world.
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