Henning Fritz
Henning Fritz on 21 May 2008
As of July 6, 2012
Henning Fritz ( born September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg ) is a former German handball goalkeeper. With the German national handball team 2004 he was European champion and 2007 World Champion in the year. The first keeper he was awarded in 2004 as a World Handball Player.
Career
Fritz was one of the world's best goalkeepers in handball, though he was a relatively small goalkeeper 1.88 m. His league career began in Magdeburg, and at SC Magdeburg he celebrated his first big success. As of the 2001 /02 season he played for the THW Kiel and was during this time German champion four times (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007), twice the EHF Cup Winners ( 2002, 2004 ) and once Supercup champion ( 2005). From July 2007, he played for the Rhein- Neckar Löwen.
2002 Fritz was with the German national team vice European champion in Sweden and 2003 Vice World Champion in Portugal. In 2004 he was European champion in Slovenia. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he was the great support of the German team, and a guarantee that his team came to the finals and had to settle only there as already beaten at the World Cup in Portugal Croatia. In 2005, he could not compete at the World Championships because of an elbow injury.
At the 2007 World Championships was Fritz due to lack of match practice as " shaky ". After good performances but he was elected several times during the tournament for "Man of the match" and had a decisive share in the finals of the German team that won the German team against Poland.
In the final Henning Fritz almost became a tragic character of the game, after he - according to a hitherto impeccable performance - the injured Score by 21:14 and had to be replaced against Johannes Bitter. Subsequently, the Polish team came within a goal ( 22:21 ), though more because of a weakness in the German attack as because of the benefits Bitters. The German team won the game at the end but with 29:24. Subsequently, he was still chosen as the best goalkeeper in the All-Star Team of the World Cup. Winning the Men's Handball World Championship 2007 in our own country is so Fritz's greatest success. He was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for this triumph.
In the Rhine -Neckar Löwen he ended his career after the 2011/12 season. He then became goalkeeping coach at second division SG Leutershausen and at junior level of the DHBs.
In October 2012, he opened in Baden Wiesloch a personal training studio, the " PT Lounge by Henning Fritz".
Best Merits
With the national
- World Cup 1995 Fourth
- Supercup winner for national teams in 1998
- Vice European Champion 2002
- Vice World Champion 2003
- Olympic silver medalist in 2004
- European Champion 2004
- 2007 World Champion
- EM- Fourth 2008
Club title
- DHB Cup winner in 1996, 2007
- Supercup winner in 1996, 2005
- Champions League winners in 2007
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004
- German Masters 2001 ( SC Magdeburg ), 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007 ( four times with THW Kiel)
Awards
- Best Goalkeeper WM 2003 and WM 2007
- World Handball Player of the Year 2004
- German handball player of the year 2004
- Best Goalkeeper 2004 Olympics
- Best Goalkeeper 2004 European Cup
- All-Star Team of the World Cup 2007
- Sports Medal of the State of Schleswig- Holstein
- Silver Bay Leaf