Nadine Krause

Nadine Krause
Personal information
Full name Nadine Krause
Born (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 42)
Waiblingen, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left Back
Club information
Current club retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1999
VfL Waiblingen
1999–2001
HSG Blomberg-Lippe
2001–2007
TSV Bayer Leverkusen
2007–2010
FCK Håndbold
2010–2011
HSG Blomberg-Lippe
2011–2012
TSV Bayer Leverkusen
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2011
Germany 188 (741)
Medal record
Junior World Championship
2001 Hungary Team
World Championship
2007 France Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 December 2011

Nadine Krause (born 25 March 1982, in Waiblingen) is a former German handballer who last played for Bayer Leverkusen as a left back. She made her debut on the German A-Team in 1999, at the age of 17. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year 2006.

She is naturally left handed, but was known for being able to play with both hands.

Career

Krause started playing handball in her hometown Waiblingen. Later she joined VfL Waiblingen, where her father, Jürgen Krause was coaching.

She then joined HSG Blomberg-Lippe.

From 2001 to 2007 she played for TSV Bayer Leverkusen. Here she won the 2002 DHB-Pokal and the 2005 European Challenge Cup. She was the topscorer in the Bundesliga in the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 season.

In 2007 she joined Danish side FCK Håndbold, where she played for three years before returning to HSG Blomberg-Lippe. With FCK she won the Danish cup in 2009. She was the topscorer of the Danish league in the 2007/2008 season.

In 2012 she joined Bayer Leverkusen once again to play for a single season before retiring.

National team

Krause debuted for the national team on November 23th 1999 against Romania at the age of 17.

She was top scorer at the 2005 World Championships, and finished 6th with the German team.

At the 2006 European Championship she was once again top scorer with 58 goals.

She also represented Germany at the 2008 Olympics.

She missed the 2009 World Championship in China due to injury. She returned to play at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship.

Achievements

Awards and recognition

  • IHF World Player of the Year: 2006
  • German Handballer of the Year: 2005, 2006
  • All-Star Left Back of the European Championship:2004
  • Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
  • World Championship Top Scorer: 2005
  • European Championship Top Scorer: 2006
  • Bundesliga Top Scorer: 2005, 2006
  • Damehåndboldligaen Top Scorer: 2008

References

  1. ^ "Nadine Krause Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ World Handball Players of the Year 2006 (Retrieved on December 11, 2007)
  3. ^ a b "Nadine Krause - Vom schwäbischen Sturkopf zur besten Handballerin der Welt". Lübecker Nachrichten. 16 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Nadine Krause". www.generation-handball.de. Archived from the original on 2 July 2004.
  5. ^ a b "Nadine Krause kehrt nach Leverkusen zurück" [Nadine Krause goes back to Levelkusen] (in German). handball-world news. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Topscorere siden 1965 - damer" [Topscorers since 1965 - Women] (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Nadine Krause - player". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Zwei Handball-Stars fehlen bei der WM" [Two handball stars misses the world cup] (in German). sz-online.de. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Welthandballerin Krause tritt aus Nationalmannschaft zurück" [World handballer Krause returns to the national team] (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  10. ^ Kalle, Tim Oliver (30 June 2007). "Wahlsiegerin 2006: Nadine Krause ist die erste deutsche Welthandballerin!". German Handball Federation (in German). Active Woman. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
Awards
Preceded by IHF World Player of the Year – Women
2006
Succeeded by