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Emily Bölk

Emily Charlot Bölk (born 26 April 1998) is a German handballer for Ferencvárosi TC and the Germany national team.[1][2]

Career

Youth teams

Emily Bölk started at the youth team of Buxtehuder SV in 2002.[3] In 2012 she joined the Sports academy of Danish team Viborg HK.[4][5]

First team debut

A year later she returned to Buxtehuder SV. In the 2014-15 season she became a part of the first team.[6] She debuted for the senior team on 7 September 2014 against HC Leipzig.[7] The same year she won the DHB-Pokal with the club. She won it again in 2017. In total she played 99 games for them, scoring 406 goals.[8]

Thüringer HC

In 2018 she joined league rivals Thüringer HC.[9] Here she won the DHB Supercup just the following september.[10] The same season she won the DHB-Pokal for a third time. In the final against SG BBM Bietigheim she scored the last second winner to make it 24-23.[11]

Ferencváros

For the 2020-21 season she joined Hungarian Ferencvárosi TC.[12] Here she won the 2021 Hungarian championship. She was the second best goalscorer in the league that season with 124 goals, only behind Angela Malestein with 136.[13]

The following two years she won the Hungarian cup back-to-back.[14][15] In the 2022-23 season she reached the final of the Champions League.[16]

In 2024 she won the Hungarian cup for a third time, as well as the Hungarian league.[17][18]

National team

Having played for various youth national teams, Bölk made her debut for the German senior team on 5 June 2016 against Iceland.[19] Her first major international tournament was the 2016 European Championship, where Germany finished 6th.[20]

She was not initially a part of the team for the 2017 World Championship at home soil due to injury, but was called up after 3 games.[21] Germany reached the round of 16. Bölk played 4 games, scoring 5 goals.[22]

A year later she played at the 2018 European Championship, where Germany finished 10th. Bölk played 6 games scoring 20 goals.[23]

At the 2019 World Championship she finished 8th with the German team, which meant they did not qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[24]

In June 2021 she was appointed the captain of the German national team, together with Alina Grijseels.[25] Half a year later she played at the 2021 World Championship, where Germany reached the quarterfinal, where they lost to Spain.[26] Bölk scored 15 goals during the tournament.[27]

At the 2022 European Championship she was the second best German goalscorer with 28 goals. Germany finished 7th.[28] A year later she finished 6th at the 2023 World Championship with the German team. Bölk scored 20 goals.[29]

At the 2024 Olympics she represented Germany at an Olympics for the first time.[30]

Awards

Individual awards

Personal life

She is the daughter of fellow handballer Andrea Bölk, who won the 1993 World Championship.[34]


References

  1. ^ "Emily Bölk Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ DHB profile
  3. ^ "Mein Lebenslauf". vhk.mercantec.dk (in German). Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Meine Handball-Karriere". vhk.mercantec.dk (in German). Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Handball lernen von den Dänen". bsv-live.de (in German). Buxtehuder SV. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Emily Bölk ist das Jahrhunderttalent aus Buxtehude" (in German). abendblatt.de. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Spielbericht BSV gegen HCL". sis-handball.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Ewige BSV-Statistik". bsv-live.de (in German). Buxtehuder SV. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Thüringer HC gibt Verpflichtung von Emily Bölk bekannt" (in German). handball-world.news. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Deutlicher Erfolg: Thüringer HC gewinnt den HBF-Supercup gegen den VfL Oldenburg" (in German). handball-world.news. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  11. ^ ""Am Ende wirft Bölk den Ball eben rein": Die Stimmen zum Finale beim OLYMP Final4" (in German). handball-world.news. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Emily Bölk und Alicia Stolle wechseln nach Ungarn" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Szucsánszki triplázott, Elek másodszor a csúcson" (in Hungarian). fradi.hu. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Kupagyőztes női kézilabdacsapatunk!" (in Hungarian). fradi.hu. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Hősies játékkal győzelem és címvédés!" (in Hungarian). fradi.hu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Emily Bölk wirft FTC Budapest zum Sieg gegen Esbjerg und ins Finale der Handball Champions League Frauen" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Sorozatban harmadszor: KUPAGYŐZTES!" (in Hungarian). fradi.hu. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Double für Emily Bölk in Ungarn" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  19. ^ "DHB-Frauen feiern zum Abschluss der EM-Qualifikation Kantersieg gegen Island" (in German). German Handball Association. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  20. ^ "DHB-Team trotz Niederlage "stolz auf diesen 6. Platz"" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  21. ^ "Emily Bölk darf endlich in die Heim-WM einsteigen" (in German). abendblatt.de. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  22. ^ ihf.info: 23rd Women's World Championship 2017, retrieved 18. August 2018
  23. ^ "13th WOMEN'S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Weltmeister geschlagen, Olympia verpasst: Deutsche Handballerinnen "noch nicht dort, wo wir hinwollen"" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  25. ^ "Kapitäninnen-Duo für die Frauen-Nationalmannschaft". dhb.de (in German). German Handball Association. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Deutschland scheidet gegen spanische Gastgeberinnen aus" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  27. ^ ihf.info: Individual Statistics, retrieved 26. November 2022
  28. ^ ehfeuro.eurohandball.com: Germany, retrieved 26 November 2022
  29. ^ ihf.info: 26th IHF Women’s World Championship: Germany, retrieved 19 December 2023
  30. ^ olympics.com: Paris 2024: Cumulative Statistics, retrieved 27 August 2024
  31. ^ "Emily Bölk und Patrick Wiencek sind "Handballer des Jahres"" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  32. ^ "Emily Bölk und Timo Kastening Handballer des Jahres" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  33. ^ "Die Handballerin des Jahres: Emily Bölk" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  34. ^ B. Hamann (26 January 2010). "Jedes Wochenende bin ich in der Halle" (in German) (4 ed.). Handballwoche. p. 29.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)