Lea Rühter (born 12 February 1998) is a German handball player for Buxtehuder SV in the Frauen Handball-Bundesliga and the German national team.

Lea Rühter
Rühter in May 2022
Personal information
Born (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 26)
Hamburg, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Line player
Club information
Current club Buxtehuder SV
Number 29
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014-2017
Buxtehuder SV
2017-2018
HL Buchholz 08-Rosengarten
2018-
Buxtehuder SV
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
Germany 4 (0)

Rühter also represented the German junior national team, where she participated at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 13th and the 2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship.[1]

In the 2017–18 season, she signed a 1-year contract on loan with HL Buchholz 08-Rosengarten.[2]

She made her debut on the German national team on 28 September 2018, against Russia.[3]

Achievements edit

  • Bundesliga:
    • Silver: 2015
    • Bronze: 2014, 2022
  • DHB-Pokal:
    • Winner: 2015, 2017

References edit

  1. ^ "2018 IHF Women's Junior (U20) World Championship in Hungary" (PDF). International Handball Federation (IHF). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ "A-Youth Bundesliga: Lea Rüther, Nele Franz og Annika Lott præmieret". handball-world.news. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ "DHB-Frauen im Doppel-Test gegen Russland" (in German). SZ.de. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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