SWE16 EURO Champ Guide LR

MONIKA KOBYLINSKA
right back
• Was the youngest player in the Polish squad at the World Championship 2015 in Denmark,
as Poland reached the semi-finals for the second straight time
• Had her debut in the national team only some months beforehand
• Was the top scorer of the Polish Super League 2015/16 with 207 goals
• Was part of the “Young Player’s All-star Team” of the World Championship 2015
KAROLINA KUDLACZ-GLOC
left back
• Is the most prolific player in the team and the national team captain
• Eleven seasons already with German side HC Leipzig, despite offers from top
international clubs
• In her business life she is psychologist in Leipzig
• Short-listed for the IHF World Player of the Year 2015. EHF Player of the Month in
June & September 2016
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ALINA WOJTAS
left back
• Is the tallest player in the Polish squad at 1.91 metres
• Has been part of the national team since 2008, but was ruled out several times by severe
knee injuries
• With 39 goals she was Poland’s second top scorer at the 2013 World Championship in Serbia
• After starting her professional career at Lublin, she joined Norwegian record champions Larvik
in 2014, but due to a torn ACL she missed the 2014/15 EHF Champions League Final
LESZEK KROWICKI
coach
• Was a Polish national team player before starting his more successful coaching career
• Was coach of former German women’s champions Walle Bremen, then Buxtehuder SV and the
Dutch national team and is at the helm of German club VfL Oldenburg since 2004
• Had been German NT coach on interim base in 2001
• Has succeeded Kim Rasmussen, who now coaches the Hungarian women’s handball team
EC trophies: EHF Cup: 1994; Challenge Cup: 2009
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