Maike Schirmer (born 25 May 1990) 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 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 ...

Buxtehuder SV Buxtehuder SV is a German sports club based in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony. The club is best known for its women's handball team, currently competing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and 2022-23 Women's EHF European League, but also has department ...

, VfL Bad Schwartau, SG Kisdorf/Leezen and TuS Hartenholm in Germany and

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in France, as well as the German national team.EHF profile
/ref> Schirmer debuted for the national team in 2012. She was selected as part of the German team for the

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

. She started playing handball at SG Kisdorf/Leezen. In 2005 she switched to VfL Bad Schwartau, where she played in the German Regionalliga. After three years she switched to Bundesliga-side

. Here she won the

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 ...

in 2009 and in 2012. In 2010 she reached the semifinals of the

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. In 2016 she transferred to

, where she once again won the

in 2017. She retired in 2022.

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* 1990 births Living people People from Segeberg German female handball players Handball players from Schleswig-Holstein 21st-century German sportswomen VfL Oldenburg (handball) players {{Germany-handball-bio-stub