Alfreð Gíslason is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the German men's national team. He won titles in Iceland, Germany and Spain as a player before starting his coaching career in 1991 with Icelandic team KA as a player-coach. He later coached German club SC Magdeburg, where he won the Bundesliga and the EHF Champions League, the Icelandic men's national team and German club THW Kiel, where he won six Bundesliga, six DHB-Pokal and two EHF Champions League titles. Alfreð was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1989 and inducted into the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame in 2019.
Anita Görbicz is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.
Blaženko Lacković is a retired Croatian handball player.
Katrine Fruelund is a former Danish team handball player and politician. She is two times Olympic champion, winning gold medals with the Danish national team in 2000 and 2004.
Domagoj Duvnjak is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić.
Clara Woltering is a retired German handball goalkeeper, who played on the German women's national handball team.
Anja Althaus is a retired German handball player who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and formerly was a member of the German national team. She won the Champions League three times in her career.
Nina Müller, née Wörz is a German handball player. She plays for the German club Thüringer HC and for the German national team, having made her international debut on 19 February 1999 against Poland.
Anne Müller is a Retired German handball player, who last played for Borussia Dortmund Handball, until 2019.
The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the name of the professional handball league of Switzerland. It is divided into two divisions:
Lois Abbingh is a Dutch female professional handballer who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Dutch national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ryu Eun-hee is a South Korean professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the South Korean national team.
Marie Gerbron is a French-British handball player. She plays as a right winger.
Jane Mayes is a Danish-British handball goalkeeper. She plays for Team Esbjerg and the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Britt Goodwin is a Norwegian-British Olympic handball player. She was born in Gjøvik.
Lynn McCafferty is a British handball player, born in Coatbridge. She has played for the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The SPAR Premium League (SPL) is the premier women's handball league in Switzerland, established in 1970. LC Brühl is the championship's most successful club by a large margin with 31 titles including two 11-years winning streaks, followed by ATV Basel-Stadt with four and TSV St. Otmar and Spono Nottwil with three.
Fabian Wiede is a German handball player for Füchse Berlin and the German national team.
DHB Rotweiss Thun is a women's handball club from Thun in Switzerland. DHB Rotweiss Thun competes in the Spar Premium League.
The Swiss Handball Association (SHV) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in Switzerland. Founded in 1974, SHV is affiliated to the International Handball Federation and European Handball Federation. SHV is also affiliated to the Swiss Olympic Association. It is based in Olten.
