| Viola Leuchter | |||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born |
(2004-06-15) 15 June 2004 (age 20) Hamburg, Germany | ||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back | ||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||
| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||
| 2018-2019 | BTB Aachen | ||||||||||
| 2019-2024 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||
| 2024– | HB Ludwigsburg | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2023– | Germany | 16 | (41) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Viola Leuchter (born 15 July 2004) is a German female handball player for Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team. She will join HB Ludwigsburg for the 2024/25 season.
Leuchter made her international debut on the German national team on 3 March 2023 against Hungary. Later that year, she represented Germany at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark/Sweden/Norway. At the same occasion, Leuchter was elected as the best young player of the tournament.
Individual awards
- Topscorer of the Youth European Championship: 2021 (55 goals)
- All-Star Right back of the Youth European Championship: 2021
- Best Young Player of the IHF World Handball Championship: 2023
References
- "EHF Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- DHB profile
- www.sgladies.de, "SG BBM verpflichtet deutsches Toptalent Viola Leuchter", 23 January 2024
- "Mareike Thomaier neu beim Team" (in German). handball.net. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- "Team roster: Germany" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- "2023 IHF Women's World Championship: All-Star Team Revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Hungary overpower Germany to claim W17 EHF EURO 2021 title". EHF. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- handball-world.news: Viola Leuchter erhält Auszeichnung bei Handball-WM der Frauen, 18 December 2023
- www.ihf.info, „LEUCHTER SEES “BEST YOUNG PLAYER POWERED BY LIDL” AWARD CELEBRATED IN PACKED ARENA IN COLOGNE“, 25 January 2024
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