Andrea Bölk

Andrea Bölk (née Andrea Stein,^[2] 10 November 1968) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth. She was also on the Germany team that won the 1993 World Championship.^[3]

Andrea Bölk
Personal information
Born	(1968-11-10) November 10, 1968 (age 56) Rostock, East Germany
Nationality	German
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1975-1983	TSG Wismar
1983-1990	SC Empor Rostock
1990-2000	Buxtehuder SV
2001-2002	TV Oyten
National team
Years	Team
?-1990	East Germany
1990-?	Germany	201	(361[1])
Medal record Representing  Germany World Championship 1993 Norway European Championship 1994 Germany

Career

Bölk started playing handball at TSG Wismar before joining SC Empor Rostock at the age of 14. Here she won the 1989 DDR-Championship.^[4] After the fall of the Berlin Wall he joined Buxtehuder SV in the United German Bundesliga.^[5] Here she won the 1994 Euro-City-Cup. She played over 200 matches for the club, scoring 872 goals.^[2] In 2000 she took a break due to pregnancy and joined TV Oyten in the Regionalliga for the 2001-02 season as a player-coach.^[6]

National team

Bölk represented first the East Germany national team and later the United Germany national team. She played 201 games for the Germany national team, scoring 361 goals. In 1993 she won the 1993 World Championship, beating Denmark in the final.^[3] At the inaugural European Championship in 1994 she won silver medals.

Private

Andrea Bölk is the daughter of German soccer player Klaus-Peter Stein and handball player Inge Stein. She is married to fellow handballer Matthias Bölk^[5] Together they have two children, one of them being Emily Bölk, who also is a handballer.^[7]