Ausra Fridrikas
Ausra Fridrikas (formerly: Aušra or Aušrelė Miklusyte ; born April 30, 1967 in Varėna , Lithuanian SSR ) is a former handball player . In 1999 she was recognized by the IHF as a world handball player.
Success with national teams
Internationally, Fridrikas played for the Soviet women's national handball team (165 appearances), later for Lithuania (86 appearances) and most recently for Austria (133 appearances).
At the handball world championship in 1990 Fridrikas was handball world champion with the Soviet selection, with the Austrian she won bronze at the European championship in 1996 and the world championship in 1999 . At the 1999 World Cup, Fridrikas was named "Most Valuable Player". At the Olympic Games 2000 Fridrikas reached fifth place with the Austrian team.
Success with clubs
With Eglė Vilnius , Fridrikas won the EHF Cup in 1988 , with Hypo Niederösterreich from 1993 to 2000 both the Austrian Championship and the Austrian Cup , and the EHF Champions League in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 and 2000 . With Slagelse FH she won the EHF Cup in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004 and 2005. In 2003 she won the Danish cup with Slagelse, and in 2003 and 2005 she was Danish champion. She returned to Austria in 2005 and initially played for ZV McDonald's Wiener Neustadt, and from the 2006/07 season again for her old club Hypo Niederösterreich. With Hypo NÖ she won the Austrian championship and the cup again. In 2007 Ausra Fridrikas ended her career.
Coaching career
In October 2011, Fridrikas took over as trainer for the Austrian national girls' team (born 1996). From 2015 to 2017 she was the trainer of the Austrian girls' national team (born in 2000) and headed the 2020 Austria project team until June 30, 2018 . From 2017 to the end of 2019 she worked as a trainer in the handball club SSV Dornbirn.
Private
Ausra Fridrikas was married to the former Lithuanian national soccer player Robertas Fridrikas and is the mother of Lukas Fridrikas . In 1995 she received Austrian citizenship.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ausra Fridrikas takes over the junior national team ( Memento from March 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: relevant.at , October 27, 2011, accessed on March 29, 2018.
- ↑ World handball player Fridrikas takes over as coach in Dornbirn In: vol.at , December 19, 2017, accessed on March 29, 2018.
- ↑ SSV AND AUSRA FRIDRIKAS END COLLABORATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR! In: ssv.at. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Birgit Rietzinger: Ausra Fridrikas, Lithuanian throwing power for Austria In: derstandard.at , May 2, 2016.
Web links
- Ausra Fridrikas in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fridrikas, Ausra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Žukienė, Aušra; Žukienė, Aušrelė |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet, later Lithuanian, and finally Austrian handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varėna |