Sally Potocki (born 8 February 1989) is an Australian
beach handball
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player and a retired indoor
handball
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player who last played professionally for
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...
in 1.
Bundesliga
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HSG Blomberg-Lippe
HSG Blomberg-Lippe is a German women's handball club, that competes in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen. They play their home matches in Schulzentrum Blomberg, which have capacity for 900 spectators. They play in blue shirts and black shorts.
K ...
, from autumn 2012 for
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...
, and later several seasons for the club
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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.
During her time at BVB Dortmund Potocki captained the team. She was co-captained of Bayer Leverkusen.
International
Potocki competed for the Australian team at the
2007 World Women's Handball Championship
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Potocki previously played basketball professionally. Between 2007 and 2011, she played for the
Sydney Uni Flames
The Sydney Flames are an Australian professional basketball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Flames compete in the Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketba ...
of the Australian
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the Na ...
. Potocki was also part of the Australian squad.
Beach handball
In 2022, Potocki started playing beach handball for
Brest Bretagne Handball
Brest Bretagne Handball, also knows as BBH, is a French professional handball club from Brest, Brittany. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2016 and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League.
Histo ...
at the EHF Beach Handball Champions Cup held in Madeira, Portugal. She later represented Australia at the Oceanian Beach Handball Championships 2023. In 2024 Potocki was elected MVP at the Australian Beach Handball Club Championships she later Captained the Australian Beach Handball Team at the IHF World Championship 2024 in China.