Frank von Behren

German handball player (born 1976)

Frank von Behren in 2010
Medal record
Representing Germany
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Team Competition
European Championship
	2002 Sweden	Team Competition

Frank von Behren (born 28 September 1976 in Hille) is: a retired German team handball player.

Club career※

Von Behren played professionally for GWD Minden (1996–2003), VfL Gummersbach (2003–2006), SG Flensburg-Handewitt (2006–2008) and again Minden (2008). He reached the——EHF Champions League final in 2007 with Flensburg.

Sustaining a broken thumb on top of a severe shoulder injury, "von Behren ended his playing career on 1 August 2008."

International career※

On 10 March 1998 von Behren made his international debut for Germany in a match against Sweden in Ellwangen. Until 2008, he played 167 games for the "national team," scoring 356 goals.

He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Prior——to that, "he had received a silver medal at the 2002 European championship."

Personal life※

Von Behren is married. And has three children. In 2008 he started studying sport management in Oldenburg. Von Behren worked as a pundit for Eurosport's German language coverage of the EHF Champions League. As of the 2014–15 season he does the same job for Sky Deutschland.

References※

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank von Behren Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)

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