Franziska Mietzner
| Franziska Mietzner | |||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born |
20 December 1988 Bad Saarow, East Germany | ||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||
| Current club | Retired | ||||||||||
| Number | 26 | ||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||
2005–2013 | Frankfurter HC | ||||||||||
2013–2015 | Thüringer HC | ||||||||||
2015–2017 | HC Leipzig | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2009– | Germany | 70[1] | (193) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Franziska Mietzner (born 20 December 1988)[2] is a former German handballer who retired in 2018 while playing for Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team in left back position.
Career
[edit]Mietzner's first club was Frankfurter HC where she played from 2005 to 2013. In 2013 she joined Thüringer HC.[3] In 2014 and 2015 she won the German championship and the 2016 DHB-Pokal with the club. Afterward she joined HC Leipzig.[4] For the 2017-18 season she joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[5] After a season at Leipzig she retired.[6]
In February 2012 she was selected by the readers of the magazine Handballwoche as the German handballer of the year 2011.[7]
National team
[edit]Mietzner played on the Junior European Championship in 2007 and participated at the Junior World Championship a year later, where she led the German national team to the final triumph. In the final match, with only 10 seconds left, she scored the decisive goal against Denmark to make the scoreline 23–22, thus securing the victory and the World title for Germany.[8] She made her full international debut on 7 March 2009 in a 37–24 win over Romania.[9]
Achievements
[edit]- Junior World Championship:
- Winner: 2008
Individual awards
[edit]- Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2008–09
- Bundesliga Topscorer: 2008–09, 2011–12
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". dhb.de. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Franziska Mietzner Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "Thüringer HC rüstet auf" (in German). handball-world.com. 14 February 2013.
- ^ "Leipzig verpflichtet Rückraumspielerin vom THC" (in German). handball-world.com. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Werkselfen verpflichten Spielerin aus Leipzig". handball-world.news. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Elfen in der Metamorphose". rp-online.de (in German). 26 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Gensheimer und Mietzner vorne". sport1.de. 6 February 2012.
- ^ "U20-WM in Mazedonien: Deutschland erobert gegen Top-Favorit Dänemark den Titel / Franziska Mietzner erzielt die goldenen Tore" (in German). German Handball Federation. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "Klarer 37:24-Erfolg gegen Rumänien / Osmann: "Riesenkompliment an die Mannschaft"" (in German). German Handball Federation. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
External links
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