Annika Meyer (born 30 May 1994) is a Danish

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player who currently plays for HH Elite. Her family belongs to the German minority in Denmark.Zeitungsartikel
auf PressReader, retrieved 13 March 2023

Career

Meyer started in the youth ranks of

SønderjyskE Håndbold SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

. In 2012 she joined HC Odense. After the 2013-14 season she joined German side

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. In 2016-17 she joined Buxtehuder SV. Here she won the 2017

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. The following summer she returned to Denmark and joined

København Håndbold København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by K ...

. Here she won the 2017-18 Danish Championship, the first ever in club history. In 2019 she joined Aarhus United. In 2021 she returned to Germany and signed for

Thüringer HC Thüringer Handball Club Erfurt-Bad Langensalza e. V is a German professional women's handball team from the Thuringian cities of Erfurt, Bad Langensalza and Nordhausen, Thuringia, Nordhausen. The club has its seat in Erfurt and plays the home m ...

. A year later she joined league rivals

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. Here she won the

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and Cup double in her only season at the club. In 2023 she joined Danish side HH Elite.

National team

Meyer played for various Danish youth national teams. In 2012 she won the U18 World Championship with the Danish team. At the U19 European Championship in 2013 she won bronze medals. For the tournament she was part of the all star team as the best defender. In 2014 she finished 3rd at the U18 World Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Annika 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Haderslev Municipality Danish female handball players Handball players from the Region of Southern Denmark Danish expatriate handball players in Germany 21st-century Danish sportswomen SønderjyskE Håndbold players