Birgit Engl

Birgit Engl
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1979-03-04) 4 March 1979 (age 47)
Grieskirchen, Austria
Sport
SportHandball
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–AustriaUHC Stockerau
1999-?AustriaHypo Niederösterreich
2003-?IcelandVestmannaeyjar
–IcelandStjarnan
National team
Years Team
–  Austria
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1999 Denmark & Norway

Birgit Engl (born 4 March 1979) is an Austrian handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where Austria finished 5th.

She also won bronze medal at the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, which is the only World Championship medal Austria have ever won. (as of 2026)

She also represented Austria at the 2000, 2002 and 2004 European Championships and the 2001 and 2003 World Championships.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Birgit Engl Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "14. Hallenhandball-WM der Frauen 1999". Frauenhandball-archiv (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2022.

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