Sybille Gruner

Sybille Grune
Personal information
Born	(1969-05-18) May 18, 1969 (age 55) Erfurt, East Germany
Nationality	German
Playing position	Centre back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1979-1983	UT Erfurt
1983-1990	SC Leipzig
1990-2002	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Germany	135	(296)
Teams managed
2002-2006	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (asssistant)
2013-2018	Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth team
2018-	TuS Königsdorf
2020-2021	Germany U17
Medal record Representing   Germany World Championship 1993 Norway European Championship 1994 Germany

Sybille Gruner (born 18 May 1969 in Erfurt, East Germany) was a member of the German women's national handball team between 1989 and 1995. In 1993 the team won the world championship in a very close game against Denmark. ^[1] One year later, during the European championship final in Berlin, they played the Danish team again and lost.

At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 the team had high hopes of a medal but placed a disappointing fourth. In the play-off for the bronze medal they lost against the odds-on favourite, Russia.

Club career

Gruner attended Kinder- und Jugendsportschule in Leipzig, a special school for athletically talented children. At the age of 14 she moved to SC Leipzig. ^[2] At the age of 16 she was a member of the senior SC Leipzig team that won the European cup. She has also won several national titles with SC Leipzig followed.

In 1990 she moved to Leverkusen and played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the next 12 years. ^[2] After the birth of her first daughter and winning the national cup she ended her active career as a handball player.

National team

She played 133 national team games for the German national team. ^[2]

Coaching career

For the next 3 years following her retirement she worked as assistant coach at Bayer 04 Leverkusen and, after the birth of her second daughter in 2004, she returned for another year to the coaching bench. In 2013 she became the coach of the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth team. ^[2] In April 2018 she became the youth coach at TuS Königsdorf. ^{[3] [4]}

From October 2020 to December 2021 she coached the German U17 team. ^[5]

Private life

Since 2006 she has been working for TNT Innight.^{[ citation needed ]} She married the former basketball player Bodo Kuczmann in 2004.

References

• Profile at sports-reference.com

1. "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
2. "Sybille "Bobby" Gruner: "Die Jugend bundesligatauglich machen"" (in German). Handball-World. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
3. "Jugendbereich" (in German). TuS Königsdorf . Retrieved 29 March 2018.
4. "Königsdorfer Handballabteilung verpflichtet Weltmeisterin". lokalsport-rhein-erft-kreis.de (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
5. "Weltmeisterin Sybille Gruner künftig im Trainerteam für weibliches U17-Nationalteam" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 October 2020.