Heike Murrweiss

Heike Murrweiss
Personal information
Born (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966
Heilbronn, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left wing
Senior clubs
Years Team
TG Heilbronn
VfL Neckargartach
VfL Sindelfingen
PSV Grünweiß Frankfurt
TV Lützellinden
National team
Years Team Apps
1993-1996
Germany 72[1]
Medal record
World Championship
1993 Norway
European Championship
1994 Germany

Heike Reinhardt (née Heike Murrweiss born 1 January 1966) is a German former handball player. She is a world champion from the 1993 World Championship.[2] She also competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3] She was known as a defensively solid player.[4]

Career

At club level she played for TG Heilbronn, VfL Neckargartach, VfL Sindelfingen and Grün-Weiß Frankfurt.[1] In 1993 she joined TV Lützellinden.[4] Here she won the 1992-93 German Championship and EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

National Team

She played 10 matches for the German youth national team.[4] In March 1993 she made her debut for the Germany senior team.[4] Later the same year she won the 1993 World Championship.

In 1994 she won silver medals at the inaugural European Championship, losing to Denmark in the final.

Post playing career

After her playing days she worked as a banker.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Handballer aus dem Unterland, die es ins Nationalteam geschafft haben" (in German). stimme.de. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heike Murrweiss Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Heike Murr Weiss" (in German). Munzinger Arkiv. Retrieved 31 March 2025.