Kim Karina Birke (born 29 December 1987) is a German former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who played her entire career for

VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which plays in the Niedersachsenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system. The club has over 2,000 memb ...

. She also featured in the German national team. With Oldenburg she won the 2009, 2012 and 2018

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship. DHB-Pokal ...

as well as the 2009 DHB Supercup. She retired after the 2018-19 season, but made a comeback for the team, when both left wings, Jane Martens and Lana Teiken were out with injuries.

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1987 births Living people German female handball players Sportspeople from Hanover Handball players from Lower Saxony 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-handball-bio-stub