Henning Fritz
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Henning Fritz as ambassador for the Handball World Cup 2019 |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | September 21, 1974 |
| place of birth | Magdeburg , GDR |
| citizenship |
 German
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| height | 1.88 m |
| Playing position | goalkeeper |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Career ended |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| -1984 |
 Dynamo Magdeburg
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| 1984-1988 |
TuS Magdeburg
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1988-2001 |
SC Magdeburg
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| 2001-2007 |
THW Kiel
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| 2007–2012 |
Rhine-Neckar lion
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| National team | |
| Debut on | November 4, 1994 |
| against |
 Hungary in Magdeburg
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| Games (goals) | |
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Germany
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235 (0) |
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Status: July 6, 2012 |
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Henning Fritz (born September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg ) is a former German national handball player and today's entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. With the German national handball team he became European champion in 2004 and world champion in 2007 . In 2004 he was the first handball goalkeeper to be recognized as a world handball player .
Athletic career
Henning Fritz was one of the world's best goalkeepers in handball, although he was relatively small for this position at 1.88 meters. He began his Bundesliga career in Magdeburg, then celebrated his first major successes at SC Magdeburg and became German champion in 2001 . From the 2001/02 season he played for the THW Kiel and during this time was four times German champion ( 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 ), twice EHF Cup winner ( 2002 , 2004 ) and once DHB Supercup winner (2005 ). From July 2007 he played for the Rhein-Neckar Löwen .
In 2002 Fritz became Vice European Champion with the German national team in Sweden and 2003 Vice World Champion in Portugal . In 2004 he became European champion in Slovenia . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he was the great support of the German team and a guarantee that his team made it to the finals and only then had to admit defeat to Croatia , as at the World Cup in Portugal . In 2005 he could not compete in the World Cup due to an elbow injury .
At the 2007 World Cup , Fritz was considered a "shaky candidate" due to a lack of match practice. After performing well, he was voted “Man of the Match” several times during the tournament and played a decisive role in the German team's entry into the finals, which it won against Poland .
In the final, Fritz almost became the tragic figure of the game after he - after an impeccable performance - injured at the score of 20:14 and had to be substituted for Johannes Bitter . Then the Polish team came up to a goal to 22:21, albeit more because of a weak phase in the German attack than the performance of Bitter. The German team won the game in the end with 29:24. Then Fritz was chosen as the best goalkeeper in the all-star team of the World Cup. Winning the handball world championship in 2007 in his own country is Fritz 'greatest success. For this triumph he was awarded the silver bay leaf .
He ended his active career with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen after the 2011/12 season . He then became goalkeeping coach at the third division club SG Leutershausen and in the junior division of the DHB .
In 2019 Fritz was the ambassador for the 2019 Men's Handball World Championship .
Greatest successes
With the national team
- World Cup fourth in 1995
- Supercup winner 1998
- Vice European Champion 2002
- Vice World Champion 2003
- Olympic silver medal 2004
- European champion 2004
- World Champion 2007
- European Championship fourth in 2008
Club title
SC Magdeburg
THW Kiel
- EHF Champions League winner 2007
- EHF Cup Winner 2002 , 2004
- German champion 2002 , 2005 , 2006 and 2007
- DHB Cup winner 2007
Awards
- Best goalkeeper 2003 World Cup and 2007 World Cup
- World handball player of the year 2004
- German handball player of the year 2004
- Best goalkeeper Olympics 2004
- Best goalkeeper EM 2004
- All-star team of the 2007 World Cup
- Sports badge of the state of Schleswig-Holstein
- Silver bay leaf
Bundesliga record
| season | society | Division | Games | Gates | 7 meters | Field gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-2001 | SC Magdeburg | Bundesliga | 232 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-2007 | THW Kiel | Bundesliga | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007–2012 | Rhine-Neckar lion | Bundesliga | 162 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992-2012 | total | Bundesliga | 581 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Professional background
TV expert
Since the 2015/16 season, Fritz has been reporting on EHF Champions League and Bundesliga handball games as a co-commentator for Sky Deutschland TV.
Motivational coach
In addition to his commentary work, he gives lectures and seminars on regeneration in sport and management. In addition, he writes columns on the subject of handball and lets readers participate in his specialist knowledge.
Entrepreneur
Following his active career, he made public that he had to struggle with burnout syndrome in 2005, which almost forced him to quit his career. With a frequency-modulated music application, he found his way back to his old strength. From the experience gained, he and partners developed regeneration systems based on frequency-modulated acoustics. In 2018, he and a partner founded the company Neuronavi, which is entirely dedicated to the subject of regeneration and reducing permanent stress.
Books
- “ Powern und Pausieren ”, Gunter Frank, Fritz Henning, Daniel Strigel, published March 2020, publisher: Edition Essentials, ISBN 978-3-947670-05-5 , ISBN 3-947670-05-2
- “ Hold and win: technology, tactics and training for handball goalkeepers and their coaches ”, Henning Fritz, published January 2009, Philippka-Verlag, EAN / ISBN 978-3-89417-177-3
Private
Fritz is married, has two children and lives in Kraichgau .
Web links
- Homepage of Henning Fritz
- Henning Fritz in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Henning Fritz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Literature by and about Henning Fritz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Profile at the Rhein-Neckar Löwen
- THW Kiel: Portrait, extensive data and news collection on Henning Fritz
- Portrait of Henning Fritz on badboys-handball.com
- SZ report from May 19, 2007 on the World Cup semi-finals: Fritz unleashed
- Interview with Henning Fritz as godfather of the HT Munich
- Interview with Henning Fritz on the subject of burnout
- Homepage of Henning Fritz company Neuronavi
- Homepage of the book "Powern und Pausieren"
Individual evidence
- ↑ DHB database: Henning Fritz ( Memento from August 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The goal of the semifinals is Merkur.de , January 9, 2020
- ↑ Der Unglaubliche , Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 19, 2010
- ↑ www.focus.de Handball World Championship: Merkel invites handball world champions to the Chancellery. focus.de, June 4, 2007, accessed April 5, 2014.
- ↑ What is actually doing ...? thw-handball.de, July 3, 2012, accessed on December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Promoted Leutershausen gets a world champion. handball-world.com, August 7, 2012, accessed August 8, 2012.
- ↑ Handball World Cup: Ex-world champions Hens and Fritz Hamburg's ambassador , Focus , June 12, 2018
- ↑ Hens and Fritz are Hamburg's ambassadors for the Handball World Cup , Sueddeutsche , June 12, 2018
- ↑ Hamburg presents two world champions from 2007 as World Cup ambassadors , Handball World, June 12, 2018
- ^ KN: Fritz receives sports badge from the state of Schleswig-Holstein. thw-handball.de, January 28, 2005, accessed December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Jogi always made me feel good , Kicker (Sportmagazin) , pp. 46–47, January 9, 2020
- ↑ What is Henning Fritz actually doing? , Der Stern , January 11, 2020
- Jump up with Henning Fritz , Schleswiger Nachrichten, November 2, 2012
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fritz, Henning |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |