Franziska Heinz

Franziska Heinz
Personal information
Born	(1972-11-21) 21 November 1972 (age 52) Magdeburg, East Germany
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
-1986	Motor Mitte Magdeburg
1986-1994	SC Magdeburg
1994-2002	Borussia Dortmund
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Germany	187	(374)
	Germany Beach
Teams managed
2004-2006	Borussia Dortmund (youth coach)
2006-2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (assistent coach)
2009-2012	SC Greven 09
2014-2016	SC Westfalia Kinderhaus
2016-2022	SC DJK Everswinkel
Medal record World Championship 1993 Norway 1997 Germany

Franziska Heinz (born 21 November 1972) is a former East German and German female handball player and coach. She was a member of the Germany women's national handball team that won the 1993 World Championship. ^[1]

Playing Career

On club level she played for Borussia Dortmund and SC Magdeburg. With Borussia Dortmund she won the 1997 DHB-Pokal and came second in the 1998 Bundesliga. ^[2] In 1997 she was named the German Handballer of the year. ^[3]

She retired in 2002 due to an achilles injury. ^[4]

Later she became a beach handball player and won the 2010 German Beach Handball Championship. ^[5]

National Team

Heinz played 187 matches for the German national team, scoring 374 goals. ^[6] In 1993 she won the 1993 World Championship. A year later she won silver medals at inaugural European Championship in 1994.

She was part of the team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing 4 matches. ^[7]

At the 1997 World Championship, where Germany finished 3rd, she was named the best player at the tournament. ^[8]

In 2006 she won the European Beach Handball Championship with the Germany Beach Handball Team. ^[9]

Coaching career

After her playing days she became the youth coach at Borussia Dortmund. ^[10] In 2006 she became the assistent coach at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. ^[4]

In 2009 she became the head coach of the 2nd Bundesliga team SC Greven 09, ^[11] where she was until 2012. ^[12]

From 2014 she became the coach of the lower league side SC Westfalia Kinderhaus. ^[10] From 2016 to 2022 she coached the Oberliga team SC DJK Everswinkel. ^{[13] [14]}

References

1. "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
2. Porträt von Franziska Heinz
3. "Übersicht: Die Handballerinnen des Jahres in Deutschland" (in German). Handball-World. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
4. Pressemitteilung Bayer Leverkusen: Bayer-Handballdamen: Franziska Heinz neue Co-Trainerin
5. "Beach-Handball DM 2010" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
6. "Nationalspielerinnen". dhb.de (in German). German Handball Association . Retrieved 16 September 2015.
7. "Profile of Franziska Heinz". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
8. "Ende der Experimente" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 6 December 2000.
9. "Franziska Heinz / Bayer Leverkusen ( Co-Trainerin )". fremdlingerin.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
10. "Franziska Heinz und Manja Görl trainieren Westfalia" (in German). Münstersche Zeitung. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
11. "Handballerinnen starten am 8. Juli". Grevener Zeitung.
12. "Presseschau: Franziska Heinz und Daniela Oana erklären Rücktritt bei Greven 09" (in German). handballfreunde05.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
13. "Trainerin mit großem Namen" (in German). wn.de. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
14. "Everswinkel trennt sich von Heinz" (in German). die-glocke.de. Retrieved 5 October 2022.