Grit Jurack

Grit Jurack, born on 22 October 1977 in Leipzig, is a German former handball player who played right back for the German women's national team. She is regarded as one of the best German players ever and holds the national team records for most matches and most goals, as well as the second highest international goal total overall. At club level she played for HC Leipzig, on loan at Ikast-Bording in Denmark, and for Viborg HK, with whom she became the first German to win the Danish championship and won the Champions League three times, topping the scoring in the 2009 tournament with 113 goals. She took World Championship bronze in 1997 and 2007 and was named to the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. She retired in 2012 after a shoulder injury.