 Frank von Behren in 2010 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Germany | ||
| Men's Handball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 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. [1]
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, von Behren ended his playing career on 1 August 2008.
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. [2] Prior to that, he had received a silver medal at the 2002 European championship.
Von Behren is married and has three children. In 2008 he started studying sport management in Oldenburg. Von 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.
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