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Andreas Wolff

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Andreas Wolff
Wolff in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 33)
Euskirchen, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club THW Kiel
Number 33
Youth career
Years Team
1995–2004
 SG Ollheim/Straßfeld
2004–2007
 HSG Rheinbach-Wormersdorf
2007
 TV Kirchzell
Senior clubs
Years Team
2009–2013
 TV Kirchzell
2009–2013
 TV Großwallstadt
2013–2016
 HSG Wetzlar
2016–2019
 THW Kiel
2019–2024
 Industria Kielce
2024–
 THW Kiel
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–
 Germany 151 (14)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Poland
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 31 January 2024

Andreas Wolff (born 3 March 1991) is a German handball player for THW Kiel and the German national team.[1][2]

Career

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Wolff played until the age of 15 at SG Ollheim/Straßfeld, before switching to HSG Rheinbach-Wormersdorf. His senior breakthorugh came for TV Kirchzell.

Wolff's first major club was TV Großwallstadt, where he played until 2013 before switching to HSG Wetzlar. In 2016 he switched to the German top club THW Kiel. He played here for three years, where he played 102 matches, won the DHB-Pokal twice and won the EHF European League in 2019.

In 2019 he switched to Polish Handball and Vive Kielce. Here he has won four Polish championships and was in the EHF Champions League final in 2022, where Kielce lost on penalties to FC Barcelona Handbol. In 2019 he was appointed the captain of the team.[3]

National Team

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Wolff debuted for the German B-team in 2013 and only a year later he was on the A team. He was part of the German National team, that won the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship in Poland. In this tournament he was selected as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

Achievements

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Individual awards

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  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the European Championship: 2016,[4] 2024[5]
  • All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2023[6]

References

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  1. ^ DHB profile
  2. ^ "Andreas Wolff". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ^ ""Zunächst ein wenig überrascht": Andreas Wolff übernimmt Kapitänsbinde bei Kielce" ["At first a little surprised": Andreas Wolff takes over the captions armband at Kielce] (in German). Handball-world.
  4. ^ "EHF EURO 2016 All-Stars named". EHF EURO 2016 official website. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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