Katrin Holtwick
Katrin Holt Wick ( born April 10, 1984 in Bocholt ) is a German beach volleyball player. With her partner Ilka Semmler she won the 2007 first place in the European rankings and in 2009 and 2012 German Masters.
Career
Holt Wick began in 1995 with the volleyball in the hall. In 1998, they played their first beach volleyball tournament. From May 2003 to September 2004 she formed a duo with Maria Kleefisch, with which it was in 2003 World silver medalist at the U21 World Cup. In 2005, she played with Frederike Fischer, before they then came together in 2006 with their current partner Ilka Semmler. Holt Wick / Semmler were in the first year runner-up at the U23 European Championships in Sankt Pölten. They reached top positions in the smart beach tour, a tournament victory in Leipzig and occupied at the German Championship in Timmendorfer beach fourth. Thanks to some good rankings on the European tour and the tournament victory in Moscow and Lucerne occupied by Andreas Künkler, Elmar Harbrecht (technical coach ) and Erik Helm ( athletics ) trained women in 2007 to first place in the European rankings. At the German Championships 2007 Holt Wick played because of an injury to her partner with Geeske Banck and came on the fifth. In 2008, the duo won on the FIVB World Tour a bronze medal (Klagenfurt, Austria ) and a silver medal ( Myslowice, Poland).
In November 2008, Katrin Holt Wick and her playmate Ilka Semmler from the power of the DVV staff were the National team ( A-team ) appointed. In 2009, the duo German masters. The year 2010 was a second place at the European Championships and third place at the German Championship very successful for Holt Wick / Semmler.
At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 they parted with 0-2 against Goller / Ludwig in the second round, and so occupied the ninth place. Then they were again German masters. During the subsequent tournament in the Finnish Åland they achieved the first victory at the FIVB World Tour.
In the first tournament of the year 2013 took place one seeded duo Holt Wick / Semmler the CEV Satellite tournament in Antalya ( Turkey) to fifth place. At the Beach World Cup finals in Brazil, she reached the third place. At the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki Holt Wick / Semmler reached as group winners the main round, where they did against the Netherlands team Keizer / Van Iersel. At the European Championships in Klagenfurt they reached the fourth place. They were then German vice-champion.
Private
Holt Wick lives in Berlin and studied rehabilitation pedagogy. Together with her partner Ilka Semmler she was photographed naked by Andreas H. Bitesnich. The nude in the magazine Fit for Fun ensured totally outside the beach volleyball scene for attention and for an invitation to TV. Since 2011 she is married to the coach Elmar Harbrecht.