Nationality German Height 1.89 m Current club Retired Weight 91 kg | 1994-2008 Germany Name Henning Fritz | |
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0000-19841984-1988 Dynamo MagdeburgTuS Magdeburg 1988-20012001–20072007–2012 SC MagdeburgTHW KielRhein-Neckar Lowen Olympic medals Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Similar People Heiner Brand, Christian Schwarzer, Markus Baur, Johannes Bitter, Oliver Roggisch | ||
Henning fritz goalkeeper
Henning Fritz (born September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg, Germany) is a retired German Handball goalkeeper, and the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year, in 2004.
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Fritz is a relatively short goalkeeper (only 1.88 m) who began playing major-league handball with SC Magdeburg. He moved to THW Kiel in 2001 and has been a member of the Men's German National Handball team since 2002. The German team took second place in the European championships in Sweden that year and another second place in the world championships 2003 in Portugal. In 2004 he participated in the teams success in Slovenia, where they took the European Championships. In 2004 in Athens he played with the team to another second place.
The opening game of the 2007 Men's Handball World Cup was his 200th game on the national team. He played a great championship, became Most Valuable Player in several games and was nominated for the All Star Team.
Fritz is currently the goalkeeping coach of the German national team.
