Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener (born 29 September 1960) is a Dutch

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of

Borussia Dortmund Handball Borussia Dortmund (''Ballspielverein Borussia 1909 e.V. Dortmund'', ''BVB'', ''BVB 09'') is a German women's handball team from Dortmund. They compete in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen since 2015–2016 season, the top division in Germany. They ...

, since November 2022.

Career

He played 208 games with the Dutch national team, scoring 519 goals. From 2002 to 2006 he coached the Dutch national men's team, and since 2009 he has coached the Dutch women's team. With this team he qualified for the

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and

2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 ag ...

s. The Dutch team also qualified for the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

where they finished 4th. After this tournament, Groener left the team. On 1 January 2018 he took over the German women's national team.

References

1960 births Living people Dutch handball coaches Dutch male handball players People from Leersum Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball coaches of international teams Sportspeople from Utrecht (province) {{Netherlands-handball-bio-stub