Emily Bölk
{{short description|German handball player (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Emily Bölk
| image = 2024-07-20 Handball, Teamfotos Nationalmannschaften für die Olympischen Spiele STP 1169 by Stepro-2.jpg
| caption = Bölk in 2024
| full_name = Emily Charlot Bölk
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Buxtehude, Germany
| nationality = German
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Left back
| currentclub = Ferencvárosi TC
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = 2002–2012
| youthclubs1 = Buxtehuder SV
| youthyears2 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs2 = Sports Academy Viborg
| youthyears3 = 2013–2016
| youthclubs3 = Buxtehuder SV
| years1 = 2014–2018
| clubs1 = Buxtehuder SV
| years2 = 2018–2020
| clubs2 = Thüringer HC
| years3 = 2020–
| clubs3 = Ferencvárosi TC
| nationalyears1 = 2016–
| nationalteam1 = Germany
| nationalcaps1 = 124
| nationalgoals1 = 373
| ntupdate = 7 November 2024
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Macedonia|}}
}}
Emily Charlot Bölk (born 26 April 1998) is a German handballer for Ferencvárosi TC and the Germany national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/Pf3BueuaWfFi3ElTDrPAXQ/emily-bolk/|title=Emily Bölk Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=28 November 2016}}[https://www.dhb.de/de/data/spieler/a-nationalmannschaft-frauen/emily-boelk/ DHB profile]
Career
=Youth teams=
Emily Bölk started at the youth team of Buxtehuder SV in 2002.{{cite web | url=http://vhk.mercantec.dk/2012-2013/VHK12_MEDIE_03/lebenslauf.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140810224649/http://vhk.mercantec.dk/2012-2013/VHK12_MEDIE_03/lebenslauf.html|archive-date=10 August 2014 | website=vhk.mercantec.dk|title= Mein Lebenslauf|language=de}} In 2012 she joined the Sports academy of Danish team Viborg HK.{{cite web |url=http://vhk.mercantec.dk/2012-2013/VHK12_MEDIE_03/karriere.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140810224649/http://vhk.mercantec.dk/2012-2013/VHK12_MEDIE_03/karriere.html|archive-date=10 August 2014 |website=vhk.mercantec.dk|title= Meine Handball-Karriere|language=de}}{{cite web|website=bsv-live.de|publisher=Buxtehuder SV |title=Handball lernen von den Dänen |url=http://www.bsv-live.de/teams/page/posts/handball-lernen-von-den-daenen-110.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308062506/http://www.bsv-live.de/teams/page/posts/handball-lernen-von-den-daenen-110.php|archive-date=8 March 2016|access-date=22 August 2014|language=de}}
=First team debut=
A year later she returned to Buxtehuder SV. In the 2014-15 season she became a part of the first team.{{cite web|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article130888058/Emily-Boelk-ist-das-Jahrhunderttalent-aus-Buxtehude.html |publisher=abendblatt.de|title=Emily Bölk ist das Jahrhunderttalent aus Buxtehude|access-date=22 August 2014|language=de}} She debuted for the senior team on 7 September 2014 against HC Leipzig.{{cite web|url=http://www.sis-handball.de/live/spiel.aspx?key=4002Buxtehude_Leipzigsim07092014133017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102424/http://www.sis-handball.de/live/spiel.aspx?key=4002Buxtehude_Leipzigsim07092014133017|archive-date=24 September 2015 |website=sis-handball.de|title=Spielbericht BSV gegen HCL |access-date=7 September 2014|language=de}} The same year she won the DHB-Pokal with the club. She won it again in 2017. In total she played 99 games for them, scoring 406 goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.bsv-live.de/team-buxtehude/ewige-bsv-statistik/ |website=bsv-live.de|publisher=Buxtehuder SV|title=Ewige BSV-Statistik|access-date=21 April 2023|language=de}}
=Thüringer HC=
In 2018 she joined league rivals Thüringer HC.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-33277.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Thüringer HC gibt Verpflichtung von Emily Bölk bekannt|date=15 February 2018|access-date=15 February 2018|language=de}} Here she won the DHB Supercup just the following september.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-33-35062.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Deutlicher Erfolg: Thüringer HC gewinnt den HBF-Supercup gegen den VfL Oldenburg|date=1 September 2018|access-date=1 September 2018|language=de}} The same season she won the DHB-Pokal for a third time. In the final against SG BBM Bietigheim she scored the last second winner to make it 24-23.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-2-37608.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title="Am Ende wirft Bölk den Ball eben rein": Die Stimmen zum Finale beim OLYMP Final4|date=26 May 2019|access-date=26 May 2019|language=de}}
=Ferencváros=
For the 2020-21 season she joined Hungarian Ferencvárosi TC.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-39563.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Emily Bölk und Alicia Stolle wechseln nach Ungarn|access-date=20 February 2020|language=de}} Here she won the 2021 Hungarian championship. She was the second best goalscorer in the league that season with 124 goals, only behind Angela Malestein with 136.{{cite web|url=https://www.fradi.hu/kezilabda/noi-kezilabda/hirek/szucsanszki-triplazott-elek-masodszor-a-csucson |publisher=fradi.hu|title=Szucsánszki triplázott, Elek másodszor a csúcson|access-date=2 June 2021|language=hu}}
The following two years she won the Hungarian cup back-to-back.{{cite web|url=https://www.fradi.hu/kezilabda/noi-kezilabda/hirek/kupagyoztes-noi-kezilabdacsapatunk |publisher=fradi.hu|title=Kupagyőztes női kézilabdacsapatunk!|access-date=4 June 2022|language=hu}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fradi.hu/kezilabda/noi-kezilabda/hirek/hosies-jatekkal-gyozelem-es-cimvedes |publisher=fradi.hu|title=Hősies játékkal győzelem és címvédés!|access-date=25 April 2023|language=hu}} In the 2022-23 season she reached the final of the Champions League.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-3-48337.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Emily Bölk wirft FTC Budapest zum Sieg gegen Esbjerg und ins Finale der Handball Champions League Frauen|access-date=8 July 2023|language=de}}
In 2024 she won the Hungarian cup for a third time, as well as the Hungarian league.{{cite web|url=https://www.fradi.hu/kezilabda/noi-kezilabda/hirek/sorozatban-harmadszor-kupagyoztes |publisher=fradi.hu|title=Sorozatban harmadszor: KUPAGYŐZTES!|access-date=13 March 2024|language=hu}}{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/double-fuer-emily-boelk-in-ungarn-1027126 |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Double für Emily Bölk in Ungarn|access-date=23 May 2024|language=de}}
National team
Having played for various youth national teams, Bölk made her debut for the German senior team on 5 June 2016 against Iceland.{{cite web|url=http://dhb.de/detailansicht/datum/2016/06/05/artikel/dhb-frauen-feiern-zum-abschluss-der-em-qualifikation-kantersieg-gegen-island.html |publisher=German Handball Association |title=DHB-Frauen feiern zum Abschluss der EM-Qualifikation Kantersieg gegen Island|access-date=5 June 2016|language=de}} Her first major international tournament was the 2016 European Championship, where Germany finished 6th.{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-20-29075.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=DHB-Team trotz Niederlage "stolz auf diesen 6. Platz"|access-date=25 December 2016|language=de}}
She was not initially a part of the team for the 2017 World Championship at home soil due to injury, but was called up after 3 games.{{cite news|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article212743283/Emily-Boelk-darf-endlich-in-die-Heim-WM-einsteigen.html |publisher=abendblatt.de|title=Emily Bölk darf endlich in die Heim-WM einsteigen|access-date=18 August 2018|language=de}} Germany reached the round of 16. Bölk played 4 games, scoring 5 goals.[http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/b7fe36bb-2a18-4340-a6e0-6b148a154448/pdf/GERTOTAL.PDF ihf.info: 23rd Women's World Championship 2017], retrieved 18. August 2018
A year later she played at the 2018 European Championship, where Germany finished 10th. Bölk played 6 games scoring 20 goals.{{cite web|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18W/PDF_C85A.PDF?h=TgXKsoNLRfkQyD+bmhSIjE3txLI= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008104333/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18W/PDF_C85A.PDF?h=TgXKsoNLRfkQyD+bmhSIjE3txLI=|archive-date=8 October 2021 |website=livecache.sportresult.com |title=13th WOMEN'S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP|access-date=13 December 2018}}
At the 2019 World Championship she finished 8th with the German team, which meant they did not qualify for the 2020 Olympics.{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-39075.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Weltmeister geschlagen, Olympia verpasst: Deutsche Handballerinnen "noch nicht dort, wo wir hinwollen"|access-date=18 July 2020|language=de}}
In June 2021 she was appointed the captain of the German national team, together with Alina Grijseels.{{cite web|url=https://www.dhb.de/de/redaktionsbaum/nationalteams/a-frauen/kapitaeninnen-duo-fuer-die-frauen-nationalmannschaft-/ |publisher=German Handball Association|title=Kapitäninnen-Duo für die Frauen-Nationalmannschaft|website=dhb.de|date=7 June 2021|access-date=8 June 2021|language=de}} Half a year later she played at the 2021 World Championship, where Germany reached the quarterfinal, where they lost to Spain.{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/handball-wm-2021-dhb-frauen-im-viertelfinale-gegen-spanien-ausgeschieden-a-50aca399-1d3d-4054-a806-f4f44df91543 |publisher=Der Spiegel|title=Deutschland scheidet gegen spanische Gastgeberinnen aus|access-date=26 November 2022|language=de}} Bölk scored 15 goals during the tournament.[https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/b18ddd17-4cb0-454b-8c86-6624aa5815db/pdf/TOPSCORER.PDF?n=1669458524 ihf.info: Individual Statistics], retrieved 26. November 2022
At the 2022 European Championship she was the second best German goalscorer with 28 goals. Germany finished 7th.[https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/women/2022/teams/details/d84GBjVpYqHDWKoFbXUoww/germany/ ehfeuro.eurohandball.com: Germany], retrieved 26 November 2022
A year later she finished 6th at the 2023 World Championship with the German team. Bölk scored 20 goals.[https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/29fa120a-f09a-4648-8ce7-963c3618fc5f/pdf/GERTOTAL.PDF?n=1702988335 ihf.info: 26th IHF Women’s World Championship: Germany], retrieved 19 December 2023
At the 2024 Olympics she represented Germany at an Olympics for the first time.[https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/HBL/OG2024_HBL_C84A_HBLWTEAM7-------------------------HBLWTEAM7---GER01.pdf olympics.com: Paris 2024: Cumulative Statistics], retrieved 27 August 2024
Awards
- EHF Champions League:
- {{silver medal}} : 2023
- Nemzeti Bajnokság:
- {{gold medal}}: 2021, 2024
- Hungarian Cup
- {{gold medal}}: 2022, 2023, 2024
- German Cup
- {{gold medal}}: 2015, 2017, 2019
Individual awards
- MVP of the IHF Youth World Championship: 2014
- All-Star Left back of the European Junior Championship 2015
- German handballer of the year: 2018, 2019, 2023{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-112210.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Emily Bölk und Patrick Wiencek sind "Handballer des Jahres"|access-date=5 February 2019|language=de}}{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-39550.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Emily Bölk und Timo Kastening Handballer des Jahres|access-date=18 February 2020|language=de}}{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/die-handballerin-des-jahres-emily-boelk-1002149 |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Die Handballerin des Jahres: Emily Bölk|access-date=13 March 2024|language=de}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{IHF|17929}}
- {{EHF|new_id=Pf3BueuaWfFi3ElTDrPAXQ|id=551033}}
- {{DOSB profile|emily-boelk|Emily Bölk}}
- {{Olympics.com|emily-boelk|Emily Boelk}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/emily-boelk_1899177 Emily Boelk] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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{{Ferencvárosi TC squad (women's handball)}}
{{Germany squad 2016 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2017 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2018 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2019 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2020 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2021 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Germany squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}}
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Category:German female handball players
Category:Ferencvárosi TC players (women's handball)
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players for Germany
Category:German expatriate handball players in Hungary