Petra Platen

Petra Platen
Personal information
Born	(1959-11-07) 7 November 1959 (age 65) Moers, West Germany
Nationality	German
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	TuS Preußen Vluyn
1980-1985	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1985-1989	VfL Engelskirchen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	West Germany	208 [1]	(355)

Petra Platen (born 7 November 1959) is a German Professor in sports medicine and former handball player.

Handball Career

In the 80's she was an active handball player who presented Bayer 04 Leverkusen from 1980-1985 and VfL Engelskirchen from 1985-1989. ^[2] She also played for and captained the West German national team. She represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the West German team placed fourth. ^[3]

Professorate

Platen studied biology and human medicin at the University of Cologne from 1978 to 1987, and became a doctor in 1987. From 1987 to 2005 she held various academic positions at the University of Cologne.

Selected publications

• With Katharina Trompeter, Daniela Fett: Prevalence of Back Pain in Sports: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2016). doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0645-3
• With Daniela Fett, Katharina Trompeter: Back pain in elite sports: A cross-sectional study on 1114 athletes (2017). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180130.
• With Katharina Trompeter, Daniela Fett: Back Pain in Rowers: A Cross-sectional Study on Prevalence, Pain Characteristics and Risk Factors (2019). doi:10.1055/a-0648-8387.
• With Bettina Schaar: Inline-Skating. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-499-19492-9.
• With Marion Lebenstedt, Gaby Bußmann: Ess-Störungen im Leistungssport: Ein Leitfaden für Athlet/innen, Trainer/innen, Eltern und Betreuer/innen. Sport und Buch Strauß, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-89001-135-7.

References

1. "Die Frauen-Nationalmannschaft des Deutschen Handballbundes beim Vier-Nationen-Turnier in Riesa (2. bis 4. März):" (PDF). DHB. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
2. "Bundesliga 1980/81 bis 2005/06 als PDF" (in German). Frauenhandball-Archiv. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petra Platen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

External links

• Petra Platen at Olympedia