Henk Groener

Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener (born 29 September 1960) is a Dutch handball coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund Handball, since November 2022.

Henk Groener
Groener in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Hendrikus Franciscus Groener
Born	(1960-09-29) 29 September 1960 (age 63) Leersum, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Playing position	Right back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1980–1987	Swift Arnhem
1987–1989	TV Emsdetten
1989–1990	Wacker Thun
1990–1991	TV Aldekerk
1991–1993	Swift Arnhem
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1993	Netherlands	208	(519)
Teams managed
1993–1996	HV E&O
1996–2002	TV Emsdetten
2002–2005	Netherlands
2006–2007	SG HBR Ludwigsburg
2009–2016	Netherlands (women)
2018–2022	Germany (women)
2022–	Borussia Dortmund
Medal record Coach for women's handball Representing  Netherlands World Championship 2015 Denmark

Career

He played 208 games with the Dutch national team, scoring 519 goals.^[1]

From 2002 to 2006 he coached the Dutch national men's team, and since 2009 he has coached the Dutch women's team. With this team he qualified for the 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Women's Handball Championships.^[2][3] The Dutch team also qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games where they finished 4th. After this tournament, Groener left the team.

On 1 January 2018 he took over the German women's national team.^[4]

Groener after a shoot with Netherlands against Kuwait, in 1991.

References

1. Bio at the 2014 European Championships site
2. "XX Women's World Handball Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roster Netherlands" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
3. "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Netherlands" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
4. "Henk Groener takes over German women's national team". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.