Frank von Behren
.JPG) Frank von Behren in 2010 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Germany
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| Men's Handball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2004 Athens | Team Competition |
| European Championship | ||
| | 2002 Sweden | Team Competition |
Frank von Behren (born 28 September 1976 in Hille) is a retired German team handball player.
Club career
Von Behren played professionally for GWD Minden (1996–2003), VfL Gummersbach (2003–2006), SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2006–2008) and again Minden (2008). He reached the EHF Champions League final in 2007 with Flensburg.
Sustaining a broken thumb on top of a severe shoulder injury, van Behren ended his playing career on 1 August 2008.
International career
On 10 March 1998 von Behren made his international debut for Germany in a match against Sweden in Ellwangen. Until 2008, he played 167 games for the national team, scoring 356 goals.
He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] Prior to that, he had received a silver medal at the 2002 European championship.
Personal life
Von Behren is married and has three children. In 2008 he started studying sport management in Oldenburg. Van Behren worked as a pundit for Eurosport's German language coverage of the EHF Champions League. As of the 2014–15 season he does the same job for Sky Deutschland.
References
- ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)