Leo Prantner

{{Short description|Italian handball player (born 2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Leo Prantner

| fullname =

| image = 2025-06-01 Leo Prantner by mroptimax.jpg

| caption = Prantner (2022)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|11|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Meran, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Right wing

| currentclub = Füchse Berlin

| clubnumber = 6

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| youthclubs1 = Sport Club Meran Handball

| youthyears2 = 2018–2019

| youthclubs2 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| years1 = 2019–2021

| clubs1 = Sport Club Meran Handball

| years2 = 2021–2023

| clubs2 = Rebi Balonmano Cuenca

| years3 = 2023–2024

| clubs3 = HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

| years4 = 2025–

| clubs4 = Füchse Berlin

| nationalyears1 = 2021–

| nationalteam1 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 28

| nationalgoals1 = 18

| ntupdate = 6 January 2025

| medaltemplates =

}}

Leo Prantner (born 24 November 2001 in Meran, Italy) is an Italian handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Italian national team.

He started playing handball in his hometown club Sport Club Meran Handball. In 2018, he switched to the academy, of the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt, but didn't break through, and returned a year later to his boyhood club.{{Cite web |last=Möller |first=Ruwen |date=2020-01-19 |title=Italiens Meister siegte im hohen Norden |url=https://www.fl-arena.de/artikel/italiens-meister-siegte-im-hohen-norden/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=FL-ARENA |language=de}}

In 2021, he joined Spanish side Rebi Balonmano Cuenca.{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/future-star-prantner-basks-newfound-glory-i-did-not-even-know-if-i-play-here|publisher=International Handball Federation|date=13 January 2025|access-date=25 March 2025|title=Future star Prantner basks in newfound glory: "I did not even know if I play here"}}

In 2023, he returned to Germany to join HBW Balingen-Weilstetten.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-08-02 |title=HBW Balingen-Weilstetten verpflichtet zwei Nationalspieler |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-63-149374.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=handball-world |language=de}}

On January 30th 2025 Füchse Berlin announced that they had signed Leo Prantner on a deal until 2027.{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-01-30 |accessdate=2025-01-30 |title=Prantner folgt auf Reichmann|url=https://fuechse.berlin/o.red.r/news.php?id=7304 |publisher=Füchse Berlin |language=de}} In his first season at the club, he won the Bundesliga. This was the first league title in club history.{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/spiel/r-n-loewen-gegen-berlin-2025-handball-bundesliga-4950501/bericht|publisher=Handball-World|title=40 Minuten Rückstand: Füchse nach hartem Kampf deutscher Meister|date=8 June 2025|access-date=8 June 2025|language=de}}