Juri Knorr (born 9 May 2000) is a German handball player who plays for Aalborg Håndbold and the German national team. He won a silver medal with Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics and has been named to several All-Star Teams, including those at the 2024 European Championship and the 2024 Olympics.
Club career
Knorr began playing handball in the youth program of VfL Bad Schwartau and also played football until 2015. After spells at MTV Lübeck and a return to VfL Bad Schwartau, he joined HSG Ostsee N/G, which was trained by his father, Thomas Knorr. In 2018 he moved to FC Barcelona, initially with their second division team, and made his debut for the top team in December 2018. He later played for GWD Minden and, from 2021 to 2025, for Rhein-Neckar Löwen, winning the German cup in 2023. In September 2024 Aalborg Håndbold announced his signing, and in his first season with the club he won the Danish Championship.
National team
Knorr played for Germany at the European Men's U-18 Championship in 2018, where he was named best left back in the All-Star Team. He made his senior debut in November 2020. At the 2023 World Championship in Poland and Sweden he scored 43 goals and helped Germany reach the quarter-finals, earning the Best Young Player award. At the 2024 European Championship in Germany he scored 50 goals as the team reached the semi-finals, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he scored 36 goals in Germany's silver medal campaign. He also won silver at the 2026 European Championship, losing to Denmark in the final.