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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]

Emily Bölk
Bölk in 2024
Personal information
Full name Emily Charlot Bölk
Born (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)
Buxtehude, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Ferencvárosi TC
Number 20
Youth career
Years Team
2002–2012
 Buxtehuder SV
2012–2013
 Sports Academy Viborg
2013–2016
 Buxtehuder SV
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2018
 Buxtehuder SV
2018–2020
 Thüringer HC
2020–
 Ferencvárosi TC
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–
 Germany 124 (373)
Medal record
Youth World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Macedonia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 November 2024

Career

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Youth teams

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Individual awards

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Personal life

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


References

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  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)
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