Grit Jurack
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Representing  Germany
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| Women's handball | ||
| World Championship | ||
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2007 France | Team |
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1997 Germany | Team |
Grit Jurack (born 22 October 1977) is a German former handball player, who played on the German women's national team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team.,[1] and also obtained bronze medal in the championship. She won the Champions League with Viborg HK in 2009 and was the top scorer of the tournament with 113 goals. She ended her handball career on 7 October 2012 due to a shoulder injury.[2]
She holds both the record for most matches and most goals for the German National Team, as well as the second most international goals overall.
European championships
[edit]At the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship Jurack was included in the All-star team, as best right back, when Germany finished 5th at the tournament. She represented Germany at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, where they finished 4th. She was also selected into the all-star-team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, as best right back,[3] where Germany finished 4th.
National team
[edit]Performance in Olympic Games
[edit]Performance in World Championship
[edit]- 1997 : Third place (Bronze medal)
- 1999 : 7th place
- 2003 : 12th place
- 2005 : 6th place
- 2007 : Third place (Bronze medal)
Performance in European Championship
[edit]- 1996 : 4th place
- 1998 : 6th place
- 2000 : 9th place
- 2004 : 5th place
- 2006 : 4th place
- 2008 : 4th place
References
[edit]
- ^ "All Star csapatban" handball.hu – 2007 December 16 ((Hungarian)) (Retrieved on 19 December 2007)
- ^ "Grit Jurack bids Farewell/". European Handball Federation. 28 September 2012.
- ^ "EURO 2008 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
