Finn Lemke

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Finn Lemke
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Lemke in 2024
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 (age 34)
Bremen, Germany
Height2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport Handball
PositionLeft back
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010–2011HSG Schwanewede
2011–2015 TBV Lemgo
2015–2017 SC Magdeburg
2017–2023 MT Melsungen
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Poland Team competition

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]

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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. [8] At the 2016 Olympics he won bronze medals with the team. For this he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. [9]

At the 2018 European Championship he was part of the initial 20 man squad, but did but make the squad. [10] He was however later included in team during the first round of the tournament, replacing Bastian Roscheck. [11]

At the 2020 Olympics he also represented Germany, where Germany finished 6th. [12]

Achievements

Personal life

His younger brother Jari plays handball in Handball-Bundesliga. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "DHB profile". dhb.de.
  2. ↑ "EHF profile". eurohandball.com.
  3. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Wolff saves EHF EURO gold for Germany". pol2016.ehf-euro.com. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes" (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 1 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Prokop benennt Kader für Vorbereitung auf EHF EURO 2018" (in German). German Handball Association. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Wechsel im Nationalteam: Lemke reist nach Zagreb" (in German). handball-world.news. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Match Team Statistics: Germany vs. Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Jari Lemke erhält Bundesligavertrag beim TBV Lemgo" (in German). redsport UG. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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