Bárbara Arenhart

Bárbara Elisabeth Arenhart (born 4 October 1986) is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for RK Krim and the Brazilian national team.^[1][2] She is the captain of the Brazilian National Team.

Bárbara Arenhart
Personal information
Full name	Bárbara Elisabeth Arenhart
Born	(1986-10-04) 4 October 1986 (age 38) Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	RK Krim
Number	12
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2006	Santa/Feevale
2007	Metodista/São Bernardo
2007–2010	Balonmano Parc Sagunto
2010–2011	Byåsen
2011–2014	Hypo Niederösterreich
2014–2015	HCM Baia Mare
2015–2016	Nykøbing Falster HK
2016–2020	Váci NKSE
2020–2021	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
2021–2025	RK Krim
2025–	Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009-	Brazil	210	(20)
Medal record World Championship 2013 Serbia Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team Pan American Championship 2011 Brazil 2013 Dominican Republic 2017 Argentina 2009 Chile South and Central American Championship 2018 Brazil 2022 Argentina South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Team South American Championship 2013 Argentina
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 21. Juli 2024

She is openly lesbian.^[3][4]

Career

Arenhart started her career at the Brazilian clubs Santa/Feevale and Metodista before heading to Europe in 2007, where she joined Spanish side Balonmano Parc Sagunto. Here, she won the Copa de la Reina in 2008.^[5]

In the summer of 2010, she moved to the Norwegian club Byåsen HE,^[6] before joining Austrian side Hypo Niederösterreich.^[7] Here, she won the Austrian League and Austrian cup three times and EHF Cup Winners' Cup once. She also won the award for Player of the year in Austria in 2013.^[8]

In February 2013, she announced that she would leave the club and joined the Romanian top club HCM Baia Mare together with Brazilian colleague Alexandra do Nascimento.^[9] Here, she played for a year before joining Danish side NFH.^[10]

Two years later, she joined Hungarian side Ipress Center-Vác in 2016, where she played for 4 years.^[11] In the 2020/21 season, she joined the Montenegrin side ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica.^[12] Here, she played for a single season, where she won both the Montenegrin League and the Montenegrin trophy, before joining Slovenian side RK Krim.^[13] Here, she has won the Slovenian Championship in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the Slovenian Cup in 2022 and 2023.

Achievements

• Austrian League:
  • Winner: 2012, 2013, 2014
• Austrian Cup:
  • Winner: 2012, 2013, 2014
• Norwegian League:
  • Silver Medalist: 2011
• Romanian League:
  • Finalist: 2015
• Romanian Cup:
  • Winner: 2015
• Supercupa României:
  • Winner: 2014
• Spanish Cup:
  • Winner: 2008
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winner: 2013
• Baia Mare Champions Trophy:
  • Winner: 2014
• Pan American Games:
  • Winner: 2011, 2015
• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2013
• Pan American Championship:
  • Winner: 2011, 2013, 2017
  • Silver Medalist: 2009
• South American Championship:
  • Winner: 2013
• Provident Cup:
  • Winner: 2013

Awards and recognition

• All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2013^[14]
• Austrian Handball Federation Handballer of the Year – Women: 2013
• Austrian Handball Federation Goalkeeper of the Year – Women: 2013
• 2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament: Best Goalkeeper
• All-Star Goalkeeper of the Pan American Championship: 2017