Sabine Bothe
{{Short description|German handball player (1960–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
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| name = Sabine Bothe
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| birth_date = 8 July 1960
| birth_place = Havelberg, East Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|21|1960|7|8}}
| height = 169 cm
| position = Goalkeeper
| nationality = German
| youthclubs1 = Havelberg
| years1 = 1974-1990
| clubs1 = SC Magdeburg
| years2 = 1990-1997
| clubs2 = TuS Walle Bremen
| nationalyears1 = ?-1990
| nationalteam1 = East Germany
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| nationalyears2 = 1990-1997
| nationalteam2 = Germany
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{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 1993 Norway |}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver| 1994 Germany |}}
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Sabine Heidrun Bothe ({{nee}} Picken, 8 July 1960 – 21 September 2023), also known as Sabine Adamik, was a German handball goalkeeper. She won the 1993 World Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-25421.html|publisher=Handball-World|title=Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister|date=5 December 2012|access-date=31 March 2025|language=de}} She also participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team was placed fourth.
Bothe was born in Havelberg on 8 July 1960, and died in Garsten on 21 September 2023, at the age of 63.{{cite web |url=https://www.dhb.de/de/redaktionsbaum/verband/20230925-bothe/ |title=Trauer um Sabine Bothe |publisher=German Handball Association |date=2023-09-25 |language=de |access-date=2023-09-25}}
Career
She started practicing athletics before turning to Handball in 1968 at her home town club in Havelberg. In 1974 she joined SC Magdeburg. In 1990 she joined TuS Walle Bremen.{{cite web |url=https://www.mdr.de/sport/handball/trauer-um-ehemalige-handball-nationaltorhueterin-sabine-bothe-100.html |title=Ehemalige Nationaltorhüterin Sabine Bothe gestorben |publisher=mdr.de |date=2023-09-25 |language=de |access-date=2023-09-25}} Here she won the 1994 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and several national titles. She left the club in 1997.
=National Team=
She represented first East Germany and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, unified Germany team.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhb.de/index.php?id=170|publisher=German Handball Association|website=dhb.de|title=» Statistik » Weltmeisterschaften » Frauen|language=de|access-date=31 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225022009/http://www.dhb.de/index.php?id=170|archive-date=25 December 2010}} At the 1982 and 1986 World Championships she finished 4th with East Germany.
At the 1993 World Championship she won gold medals with the unified Germany team. A year later she won silver medals at the inaugural European Championship at home soil.
In total she played 236 national team games for both german teams.
Recognition
In 1984 she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.Neues Deutschland, 1./2. September 1984, P. 4. In 1986 she was named DDR Handballer of the year.{{cite web|url=https://bundesligainfo.de/Archiv/TTM/Bester_Handballer_DDR.php |title="Bester Handballer" / "Beste Handballerin" (DDR).|publisher=bundesligainfo.de|access-date=25 September 2023|language=de}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/sabine-adamik-1.html Profile] at sports-reference.com
{{Germany Women Handball Squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Germany squad 1993 Women's World Handball Championship}}
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Category:People from Havelberg
Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Magdeburg
Category:German female handball players
Category:Handball players from Saxony-Anhalt
Category:Olympic handball players for Germany
Category:Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
Category:20th-century German sportswomen