Kim Birke

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Kim Birke
Personal information
Full name Kim Karina Birke
Born (1987-12-29) 29 December 1987 (age 38)
Hanover, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club VfL Oldenburg
Number 5
Youth career
YearsTeam
–2005
VfL Oldenburg
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2005–2018
VfL Oldenburg
2022-2023
VfL Oldenburg
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2018
Germany 6 (8 [1] )

Kim Karina Birke (born 29 December 1987) is a German former handball player who played her entire career for VfL Oldenburg. She also featured in the German national team. [2] With Oldenburg she won the 2009, 2012 and 2018 DHB-Pokal as well as the 2009 DHB Supercup.

She retired after the 2018-19 season, [3] but made a comeback for the team, when both left wings, Jane Martens and Lana Teiken were out with injuries. [4]

References

  1. DHB profile
  2. EHF Profile
  3. "Oldenburgs Gerüst für die Zukunft steht - Drei namhafte Abgänge" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. "Nach Verletzungen auf Linksaußen: Kim Birke zurück im Bundesligateam" (in German). VfL Oldenburg . Retrieved 28 August 2022.