Karen Heinrich

German handball player (born 1968)
Karen Heinrich
Personal information
Born (1968-08-15) 15 August 1968 (age 55)
Staaken, East Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
1985–1998
 Frankfurter HC
National team
Years Team
East Germany
Germany 64 (71)

Karen Heinrich (born 15 August 1968) is a German former handball player. She won the gold medal with German national team at the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship.

Career

Heinrich is 1.87 meters tall and was primarily used in left back position.[1][2] She started handball at BSG Motor Falkensee,[3] then played for ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt and its successor clubs BFV Frankfurt and Frankfurter HC. In her 13-year long spell with Frankfurt,[4] she was 3-time East German League and 2-time East German Cup champion and won the EHF Cup in 1990.[1]

Heinrich was part of the World Champion Germany squad at the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship in Norway. She mainly used as an alternative,[1] and played only in 3 of the 7 matches, scoring 3 goals.[5] She represented East Germany before the German reunification and won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Women's Handball Championship where East Germany national team placed 3rd.[6] Throughout her career, Heinrich played in combined total of 64 international matches for her national teams and scored 71 goals.[4]

Honours

National team

Clubs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Karen Heinrich". munzinger.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "#HandballHistory: Der Kader der deutschen Frauen-Weltmeisterinnen von 1993". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "FRAUEN UND MÄNNER AUF GETRENNTEN WEGEN". handballfreunde-mtv.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Mutti ist das große Handball-Vorbild". Märkische Oderzeitung (in German). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ "WM 1993". Frauenhandball-Archiv (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Weltmeisterschaften Frauen". dhb.de (in German). German Handball Association. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2021.