Finn Lemke (born 30 April 1992) is a German former handball player and current handball coach, who played for the German national team,[1][2] and was part of the German national team that won the 2016 European Championship. He ended his career in 2023 due to injuries.[3]

Career

Lemke started playing handball at HSG Schwanewede, a club in Niedersachsen.[4] In 2011 he played with the senior team in the Oberliga, the 5th tier of German handball. For the 2011-2012 season he joined TBV Lemgo, which had a partnership with Schwanewede at the time. In 2015 he joined SC Magdeburg,[5] where he was mainly playing in defense. In 2016 he won the DHB-Pokal with the club.

In 2017 he joined MT Melsungen.[6] He retired in 2023.[3]

National team

Lemke debuted for the national team on January 3rd, 2014 against Austria.[7]

In 2016 he won the European Championship with the German team, beating Spain in the final 24:17. At the 2016 Olympics he won bronze medals with the team. For this he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.[8]

At the 2018 European Championship he was part of the initial 20 man squad, but did but make the squad.[9] He was however later included in team during the first round of the tournament, replacing Bastian Roscheck.[10]

At the 2020 Olympics he also represented Germany, where Germany finished 6th.[11]

Achievements

Personal life

His younger brother Jari plays handball in Handball-Bundesliga.[12]

References

  1. ^ "DHB profile". dhb.de.
  2. ^ "EHF profile". eurohandball.com.
  3. ^ a b "Finn Lemke beendet aktive Karriere, bleibt aber der MT erhalten". mt-melsungen.de. MT Melsungen. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Ort des Aufwachsens" (in German). HNA. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Wechsel zu Bundesligakonkurenten: Finn Lemke verlässt Lemgo" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Transfercoup: Weiterer Europameister für Melsungen als "Investition in die Zukunft"" (in German). handball-world.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Fehlstart ins Vier-Nationen-Turnier: DHB-Team verliert gegen Österreich" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes" (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 1 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Prokop benennt Kader für Vorbereitung auf EHF EURO 2018" (in German). German Handball Association. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Wechsel im Nationalteam: Lemke reist nach Zagreb" (in German). handball-world.news. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Match Team Statistics: Germany vs. Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Jari Lemke erhält Bundesligavertrag beim TBV Lemgo" (in German). redsport UG. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Lemke
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