Heike Murrweiss

Heike Murrweiss
Personal information
Born (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966
Heilbronn, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left wing
Senior clubs
Years Team
–
 TG Heilbronn
–
 VfL Neckargartach
–
 VfL Sindelfingen
–
 PSV Grünweiß Frankfurt
–
 TV Lützellinden
National team
Years Team Apps
1993-1996
 Germany 72[1]
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1993 Norway
European Championship
Silver medal – second place1994 Germany

Heike Reinhardt (née Heike Murrweiss born 1 January 1966) is a German former handball player. She is a world champion from the 1993 World Championship.[2] She also competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3] She was known as a defensively solid player.[4]

Career

At club level she played for TG Heilbronn, VfL Neckargartach, VfL Sindelfingen and Grün-Weiß Frankfurt.[1] In 1993 she joined TV Lützellinden.[4] Here she won the 1992-93 German Championship and EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

National team

She played 10 matches for the German youth national team.[4] In March 1993 she made her debut for the Germany senior team.[4] Later the same year she won the 1993 World Championship.

In 1994 she won silver medals at the inaugural European Championship, losing to Denmark in the final.

Post-playing career

After her playing days she worked as a banker.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Handballer aus dem Unterland, die es ins Nationalteam geschafft haben" (in German). stimme.de. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heike Murrweiss Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Heike Murr Weiss" (in German). Munzinger Arkiv. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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