Henning Fritz (born 21 September 1974) is a German retired

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 ...

goalkeeper, current entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. In 2004, he was the first goalkeeper to be named

World Player of the Year The FIFA Ballon d'Or ("Golden Ball") was an annual association football award presented to the world's best men's player from 2010 to 2015. Awarded jointly by FIFA and ''France Football'', the prize was a merger of the FIFA World Player of the Y ...

Sports career

At , Fritz is a relatively short goalkeeper who began playing major-league handball with

SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg is a handball club from Magdeburg, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History During the time in the GDR, the club won 10 national championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) an ...

. He moved to

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, wi ...

in 2001 and was a member of the Men's German National Handball team from 2002. The German team took second place in the European championships in Sweden that year and another second place in the world championships 2003 in Portugal. In 2004, he participated in the team's success in Slovenia, where it won the European Championships. In 2004 in Athens, he played with the team to another second place. The opening game of the 2007 Men's Handball World Cup was his 200th game on the national team. He played a great championship, became Most Valuable Player in several games and was nominated for the All Star Team. Fritz is currently the

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of the German national team.

Career

TV expert

Since the 2015/16 season, Fritz has been a co-commentator for the television station Sky Deutschland, reporting on EHF Champions League and Handball Bundesliga matches.

Motivation coach

In addition to his commentary work, he gives lectures and seminars on the subject of regeneration in sport and management. He also writes columns on handball and shares his expertise with readers.

Entrepreneur

Following his active career, he revealed in 2005 that he had to fight with the burn-out syndrome, which almost forced him to end his career. With a frequency-modulated music application he found his old strength. From the experience gained from this, he and his partners developed regeneration systems based on frequency-modulated acoustics. In 2018, he and a partner founded the company Neuronavi, which is dedicated to the topic of regeneration and reduction of permanent stress.

Books

* Frank Gunter, Henning Fritz, Daniel Strigel, ''Powern und Pausieren'', March 2020, Verlag: Edition Essentials, , * Henning Fritz, ''Halten und Siegen: Technik, Taktik und Training für Handball-Torhüter und ihre Trainer'',January 2009, Philippka-Verlag, EAN /

Personal life

Fritz is married, has two children and lives in

Kraichgau The Kraichgau () is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is c ...

.Anne Welkener
"Abklatschen mit Henning Fritz"
''Schleswiger Nachrichten'', November 2, 2012

References

External links

* * THW Kiel home page abou

1974 births Living people German male handball players Olympic handball players of Germany Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Magdeburg Rhein-Neckar Löwen players SC Magdeburg players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub