Henk Groener
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| Full name | Hendrikus Franciscus Groener | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 September 1960 Leersum, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
1980–1987 | Swift Arnhem | ||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | TV Emsdetten | ||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Wacker Thun | ||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | TV Aldekerk | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Swift Arnhem | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1993 | Netherlands | 208 | (519) | ||||||||||||||
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1993–1996 | HV E&O | ||||||||||||||||
1996–2002 | TV Emsdetten | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | SG HBR Ludwigsburg | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2016 | Netherlands (women) | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Germany (women) | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener (born 29 September 1960) is a Dutch handball coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund Handball, since November 2022.
Career
[edit]He played 208 games with the Dutch national team, scoring 519 goals.[1]
From 2002 to 2006 he coached the Dutch national men's team, and since 2009 he has coached the Dutch women's team. With this team he qualified for the 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Women's Handball Championships.[2][3] The Dutch team also qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games where they finished 4th. After this tournament, Groener left the team.
On 1 January 2018 he took over the German women's national team.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bio at the 2014 European Championships site
- ^ "XX Women's World Handball Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roster Netherlands" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Netherlands" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Henk Groener takes over German women's national team". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.
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