Hendrik Pekeler

Hendrik Pekeler

Hendrik Pekeler (2018)
Player information
Nickname	"Peke"
birthday	2nd July 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Itzehoe , Germany
citizenship	German
height	2.03 m
Playing position	Circular rotor
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	THW Kiel
Jersey number	61
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
2002-2004	ETSV Fortuna Glückstadt
2004-2007	MTV Herzhorn
2007-2008	Bramstedter TS (A youth)
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2008-2009	THW Kiel with funding license from TSV Altenholz
2009-2010	THW Kiel
2010–2012	Bergischer HC
2012-2015	TBV Lemgo
2015-2018	Rhine-Neckar lion
2018–	THW Kiel
National team
Debut on	March 14, 2012 in Mannheim
against	Iceland
	Games (goals)
Germany Germany (Juniors) Germany (Youth)	109 (179) 26 (87) 47 (113)
As of January 27, 2020

Hendrik Pekeler (born July 2, 1991 in Itzehoe ) is a German handball player who has been playing at THW Kiel since the 2018/19 season . The 2.03 m tall Pekeler is a cyclist .

Career

society

Hendrik Pekeler began playing handball in 2002 at ETSV Fortuna Glückstadt. In 2004 he moved to MTV Herzhorn and in 2007 to regional league team Bramstedter TS . In 2008 he received a four-year contract with THW Kiel . In the 2008/09 season, however, he had the first game right at the second division TSV Altenholz . From summer 2009, Pekeler played for the Bundesliga team and for the second team of the THW Kiel, which played in the regional league . In summer 2010 he announced his move to Bergischer HC . He signed a two-year contract there. In 2011 he was promoted to the Bundesliga with BHC. From the 2012/13 season, Pekeler played for TBV Lemgo, with whom he signed a three-year contract. In the 2013/14 season , Pekeler was the league's most dangerous runner with 125 field goals. In July 2014 it was announced that he would leave Lemgo after the 2014/15 season and join the Rhein-Neckar Löwen as the successor to Bjarte Myrhol . In summer 2018 he returned to THW Kiel.

National team

Pekeler played for the German national youth team, with whom he finished fourth at the 2010 European Championships in Slovakia. On March 14, 2012 he made his debut in the German national team . At the European Championships in Poland in 2016 , he became European champions with the German team with a 24:17 victory over Spain . He won the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . For this he was awarded the silver bay leaf on November 1, 2016 . At the 2019 World Cup in Germany and Denmark, he finished fourth with the national team. At the 2020 European Championships , Germany finished fifth and Pekeler was voted the best defender. He has played 109 games so far, in which he scored 179 goals.

Private

Pekeler interrupted his bank clerk apprenticeship in order to complete basic training in the German armed forces in January / February 2010 . He was then accepted into the sports promotion group in Warendorf , which was trained by Martin Heuberger . Heuberger was also the junior national coach of Pekeler.

successes

society

• German champion 2010 , 2016 , 2017 , 2020
• Champions League winner 2010 (THW Kiel)
• DHB Supercup 2016 and 2017
• DHB Cup 2018 , 2019
• EHF Cup 2019
• NOHV Vice Champion 2008 (A-Youth)

National teams

• European Youth Champion 2008
• All-Star-Team Junior European Championship 2010
• Junior World Champion 2011
• European Champion 2016
• Bronze medal Olympic Games 2016
• 4th place World Championship 2019
• Best defensive player at the 2020 European Championship

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2009/10	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0
2011/12	Bergischer HC	Bundesliga	33	107	0	107
2012/13	TBV Lemgo	Bundesliga	32	75	1	74
2013/14	TBV Lemgo	Bundesliga	34	125	0	125
2014/15	TBV Lemgo	Bundesliga	29	81	0	81
2015/16	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	25th	34	0	34
2016/17	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	34	84	0	84
2017/18	Rhine-Neckar lion	Bundesliga	34	119	0	119
2018/19	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	18th	50	0	50
2009-2018	total	Bundesliga	240	675	1	674

Source: player profile in the handball Bundesliga

Web links

Commons : Hendrik Pekeler  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Pekeler's portrait of THW Kiel
• Portrait on the website of the German Handball Federation
• Hendrik Pekeler in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

literature

• Hendrik Pekeler in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. Jump to the Bergisch HC
2. ↑ dhb.de: Portrait of Hendrik Pekeler
3. ↑ Altenholz's interest in the THW II test against the DHB selection In: Kieler Nachrichten of July 17, 2008
4. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/handball/startseite/561195/artikel_tbv-angelt-sich-junioren-nationalplayer-pekeler.html
5. ↑ rhein-neckar-loewen.de: Kreisläufer Hendrik Pekeler switched to Baden from July 14, 2014, accessed on July 14, 2014
6. ↑ thw-handball.de: "Back to the north: Hendrik Pekeler will switch to THW Kiel in 2018" , from February 2, 2017, accessed on September 12, 2019
7. ↑ Award of the Silver Laurel Leaf Federal President's Office, November 1, 2016.
8. ↑ https://www.dkb-handball-bundesliga.de/de/import/ Spieler / hendrik- pekeler / #s1434504-1= 5c38b15f under "Statistics" and "Historically", accessed on January 14, 2019.