Jenny Behrend

Jenny Behrend
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 30)
Rendsburg, Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionRight wing
Current clubVfL Oldenburg
Number30
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–HSG Hohn/Elsdorf
–2014TSV Owschlag
2014–2021VfL Oldenburg
2021–2024SG BBM Bietigheim
2024–2025HB Ludwigsburg
2025–VfL Oldenburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Germany 85 (165)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2025 Netherlands/Germany
Updated on 6 November 2025

Jenny Behrend (born 20 January 1996) is a German handball player for VfL Oldenburg and the German national team.

She made her debut for the national team in 2019, in a match against the Netherlands. She was selected to represent Germany at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship in Japan.

She also represented Germany at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship. Here Germany reached the final, where they lost to Norway. This was the first time since 1994 that Germany made the final of a major international tournament and the first time they won a medal since 2007.

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Jenny Behrend". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. ↑ DHB profile
  3. ↑ Teuber, Bernd (25 March 2019). "Starkes Nationalmannschaftsdebüt für Jenny Behrend". handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Groener mit 17 Spielerinnen zur WM". dhb.de (in German). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mit 17 Spielerinnen in die Heim-WM". dhb.de/ (in German). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Norge vinder VM-guld efter dramatisk finale" (in Danish). TV2 Danmar. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Deutsche Handballerinnen ziehen ins WM-Finale ein" (in German). Tagesschau. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.