Anja Althaus

Anja Althaus

Personal information
Born	3 September 1982 Magdeburg, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	ŽRK Vardar
Number	20
Youth clubs
1990–1998	SC Magdeburg
Senior clubs
1998–2000 2000–2007 2007–2012 2012–2014 2014-	HC Niederndodeleben DJK/MJC Trier Viborg HK Thüringer HC ŽRK Vardar
National team
2002–	Germany	243 (527)[1]
Medal record World Championship 2007 France Team

Anja Althaus (born 3 September 1982) is a German handball player playing for ŽRK Vardar and the German national team.^[2] She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009.

Althaus made her debut on the German team in 2002.^[2] She received a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Germany finished 11th.

Honours

• Bundesliga:
  • Winner: 2003, 2013
• DHB-Pokal:
  • Winner: 2013
• Damehåndboldligaen:
  • Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010
• Landspokalturnering:
  • Winner: 2007, 2008
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2009

Individual awards

• Best Defensive Player of the European Championship: 2012^[3]

References

1. "Profile". dhb.de. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
2. "Anja Althaus – Deutscher Handballbund" (in German). German Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
3. "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.