Stefanie Melbeck (born 16 April 1977 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

) is a retired German

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 ...

player. She last played for the club

Buxtehuder SV Buxtehuder SV is a German sports club based in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony. The club is best known for its women's team handball, handball team, currently competing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and 2022-23 Women's EHF European League, but also h ...

, and has earlier played for the Danish clubs

Randers HK Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competed in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and played their home matches in Arena Randers. In November 2022, the club decided to declare itself bankrupt after failing to raise ove ...

and

KIF Kolding KIF Kolding is a handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times. History KIF Kolding KIF Kolding won its first Danish Handball Champ ...

. She won a bronze medal with the German national team at the

2007 World Women's Handball Championship The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2–16 Dece ...

. She participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in China, where the German team placed 11th.

References

1977 births Living people German female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Germany Sportspeople from Hamburg Expatriate handball players German expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Germany-handball-bio-stub