Lydia Kahmke
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | October 13, 1968 |
| place of birth | Hamburg , Germany |
| citizenship |
 German Australian
 |
| height | 1.71 m |
| Playing position | Circular rotor |
| Back center | |
| Club information | |
| society | Career ended |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| -1993 |
TSV GutsMuths Berlin
|
| 1993-1997 |
TV Mainzlar
|
| 1997-2001 |
Monash University
|
| 2001– |
HC Leipzig
|
| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
|
Germany Australia
|
50 (?) ? (?) |
Lydia Kahmke (* 13. October 1968 as Lydia Wesche in Hamburg ) is a former handball player . Born in Germany, she has had both German and Australian citizenship since 1997 .
Career
Lydia Kahmke played for TSV GutsMuths Berlin before the circle runner switched to the handball Bundesliga club TV Mainzlar in 1993 . In 1997 the 50-time German national player left Mainzlar and emigrated to Australia with her husband. There she helped the Australian national coach Joachim Matschoss to set up a women's team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , because Australia was automatically qualified as host for the Olympic handball tournament, but the sport was unknown there and therefore no national team existed. Kahmke played for the Monash University team in Melbourne , became an Australian national player after her naturalization and a year later she was captain of the national team. In doing so, she left her traditional position on the circle and played on the center backcourt because she was the most experienced player on the Australian team. In 1999 she took part with Australia in the handball world championships in Norway and Denmark , where the team reached 23rd place. At the Olympic Games, Kahmke played all five games for Australia and scored 18 goals. In 2001 she returned to Germany and joined HC Leipzig (HCL), with whom she became German champion in 2002 , and took part in the EHF Champions League in the 2002/03 season .
After the end of her playing career, Kahmke worked as an assistant to the management of the HCL, before moving to the office of the handball Bundesliga club THW Kiel in 2008 .
Private
Lydia Kahmke is married to the sports journalist and former handball player Ulf Kahmke . The couple live in Eutin and have two children.
Web links
- Lydia Kahmke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Lydia Kahmke in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Lydia Kahmke on the Australian Olympic Committee website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ronald Reng: The unusual path of the German Lydia Kahmke to the Australian handball national player - the goals painted on the hall wall . In: Berliner Zeitung . Berliner Verlag GmbH. September 14, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ A b Hans Moritz: Once around the world . In: handball week . Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher . June 14, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ↑ Chronicle of the first women's team - Bundesliga since 1990 . In: www.tv-mainzlar.de . TV 1905 Mainzlar e. V .. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Sven Beckedahl: The Mission Impossible of the Australian handball teams . In: The world . Axel Springer SE . August 31, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ↑ National player for the THW . In: archiv.thw-handball.de . August 29, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ a b Frank Molter: Lydia Kahmke strengthens the "Zebras" . In: Kiel News . August 6, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ Ulf Kahmke . In: archiv.thw-handball.de . THW Kiel Handball Bundesliga GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kahmke, Lydia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wesche, Lydia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Australian handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |