Anika Niederwieser

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Anika Niederwieser
Player information
birthday February 28, 1992
place of birth Bressanone , Italy
citizenship ItalianItalian Italian
height 1.85 m
Playing position Back left
Throwing hand right
Club information
society TuS Metzingen TuS Metzingen
Jersey number 14th
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000–2011 ItalyItaly SSV Brixen
2011-2016 ItalyItaly Esercito Figh Futura Roma
2016-2018 GermanyGermany Thuringian HC
2018– GermanyGermany TuS Metzingen
National team
Debut on 2009
  Games (goals)
ItalyItaly Italy 61 (396)

As of September 18, 2018

Anika Niederwieser (born February 28, 1992 in Brixen ) is an Italian handball player who belongs to the squad of the Italian national team. She was voted Italian handball woman of the year 2019.

Career

Niederwieser started playing handball at SSV Brixen. In 2011 the backcourt player moved to the Italian first division club Esercito Figh Futura Roma , with whom she participated in the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2012/13 season . From summer 2016 she played for the German Bundesliga club Thuringian HC . With the Thuringian HC she won the German championship in 2018 and the DHB Supercup in 2016 . For the 2018/19 season, she moved to league competitor TuS Metzingen .

Niederwieser runs for the Italian national team. She is also a member of the Italian national beach handball team. She won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2015 European Beach Handball Championships . At the Beach Handball World Championship in 2014, Niederwieser was named the best defender of the tournament.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b handball-world.com: Thuringian HC with back area reinforcement from Italy , accessed on September 24, 2016
  2. ↑ a b swp.de: Anika Niederwieser changes to the TusSies , accessed on March 22, 2018
  3. ↑ swp.de: TusSies Metzingen defeat the Thuringian HC: A gala evening all in pink , accessed on March 1, 2020
  4. ↑ handball-world.com: Thuringian HC defends Supercup with a narrow win against HC Leipzig , accessed on September 24, 2016
  5. ↑ sportnews.bz: Anika Niederwieser best defender at the Beach Handball World Cup , accessed on September 24, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Niederwieser, Anika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian handball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Bressanone , Italy