Anja Althaus
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Born |
Magdeburg, East Germany | 3 September 1982||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||
1990–1998 | SC Magdeburg | ||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||
1998–2000 | HC Niederndodeleben | ||||||||||
2000–2007 | DJK/MJC Trier | ||||||||||
2007–2012 | Viborg HK | ||||||||||
2012–2014 | Thüringer HC | ||||||||||
2014–2017 | ŽRK Vardar | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Győri ETO KC | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2002–2014 | Germany | 243 | (527[1]) | ||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||
2023– | North Macedonia (assistant) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Anja Althaus (born 3 September 1982) is a retired German handball player who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and formerly was a member of the German national team.[2] She won the Champions League three times in her career (twice with Viborg, once with Győr).
Althaus made her debut on the German team in 2002.[2] She received a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Germany finished 11th.[3]
She announced her retirement from professional handball after the
Champions League title, the Hungarian Championship and the Hungarian Cup
as well and then she retired from handball in 2018 for good.
Honours
- Bundesliga:
- Winner: 2003, 2013
- DHB-Pokal:
- Winner: 2013
- Damehåndboldligaen:
- Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010
- Landspokalturnering:
- Winner: 2007, 2008
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2009, 2010, 2018
- Finalist: 2017
Individual awards
- Best Defensive Player of the European Championship: 2012[5]
References
- ^ "Profile". dhb.de. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Anja Althaus – Deutscher Handballbund" (in German). German Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anja Althaus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Úgy volt, hogy befejezi, ehelyett most aláírt a Győrhöz" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
External links
- Anja Althaus at the European Handball Federation
- Anja Althaus at Olympics.com
- Anja Althaus at Olympic.org (archived)
- Anja Althaus at Olympedia