Sally Potocki Explained

Sally Potocki
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:8 February 1989
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Height:1.78 m
Position:Left back
Currentclub:Bayer Leverkusen
Years1:2012
Years2:2012–2016
Years3:2016–2019
Nationalyears1:2013–2019
Nationalteam1:Australia
Nationalcaps1:41
Nationalgoals1:253

Sally Potocki (born 8 February 1989) is an Australian beach handball player and a retired indoor handball player who last played professionally for Bayer Leverkusen in 1. Bundesliga and the Australian national team.

Handball career

Club career

Potocki played professionally in the German Handball-Bundesliga, from 2012 for the club HSG Blomberg-Lippe, from autumn 2012 for Borussia Dortmund,[1] and later several seasons for the club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

During her time at BVB Dortmund Potocki captained the team.[7] She was co-captained of Bayer Leverkusen.[8] [9]

International

Potocki competed for the Australian team at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France.[10]

She participated in the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia,[11] where she scored 48 goals and was listed tied third among the top goal scorers,[12] [13] and was awarded player of the game against Germany. She represented and captained Australia at the 2019 IHF world championships in Japan.

In 2018, after a 6 years break from playing for Australia, she returned to the squad for the Asian Championships in Japan where she was the top scorer of the tournament and largely contributed to helping Australia qualify for their first World Championships since 2013.[14] Potocki returned to Japan with the Australian team for the IHF World Championships 2019. She retired from Indoor Handball at the end of the world championships 2019 after receiving the Player of the Game award on Australia's last game against China.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Basketball

Potocki previously played basketball professionally. Between 2007 and 2011, she played for the Sydney Uni Flames of the Australian Women's National Basketball League.[20] [21] Potocki was also part of the Australian squad.[22]

Beach handball

In 2022, Potocki started playing beach handball for Brest Bretagne Handball at the EHF Beach Handball Champions Cup held in Madeira, Portugal.[23] She later represented Australia at the Oceanian Beach Handball Championships 2023. In 2024 Potocki was elected MVP at the Australian Beach Handball Club Championships [24] she later Captained the Australian Beach Handball Team at the IHF World Championship 2024 in China.[25] [26] [27]

Statistics

!Year!League!Club!Games played!7m (scored/shot)!Total Goals!Yellow card!2 minutes!Red card
2018–2019German Premier League (Bundesliga)Bayer Leverkusen2543/50115790
2017–2018German Premier League (Bundesliga)Bayer Leverkusen25 - v. captain45/53105680
2016–2017German Premier League (Bundesliga)Bayer Leverkusen258/125814110
2015–2016German Premier League (Bundesliga)BVB Dortmund 0926 - Captain1/12912130
2014–2015German Second League (2. Bundesliga)BVB Dortmund 0922 - Captain20/261007100
2013–2014German Second League (2. Bundesliga)BVB Dortmund 09271/18920120

Notes and References

  1. News: Potocki wechselt in Liga zwei . blomberger-anzeiger.de . 10 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610231406/http://www.blomberger-anzeiger.de/2012/06/06/potocki-wechselt-in-liga-zwei/ . 6 June 2012 . de.
  2. Web site: Klaverkamp . Dirk Krampe, Gerd Strohmann, Sascha . 2015-01-15 . Barna, Potocki und Schäfer über Aufstieg und Chancen . 2024-10-18 . www.wr.de . de.
  3. Web site: Strohmann . Gerd . 2014-09-29 . Potocki: . 2024-10-18 . www.wr.de . de.
  4. Web site: NWZonline.de . 2017-12-29 . Zuschauerrekord spornt VfL-Frauen an . 2024-10-18 . www.nwzonline.de . de.
  5. Web site: Zeitung . Westdeutsche . 2019-05-22 . Sport: Torhüterin Jenny Karolius wird Trainerin der B-Jugend der Elfen . 2024-10-18 . Westdeutsche Zeitung . de.
  6. Web site: Krell . Tobias . 2019-04-15 . Frauenhandball-Bundesliga: Elfen überzeugen erst nach der Halbzeit . 2024-10-18 . RP ONLINE . de.
  7. Web site: handball-world . "Blöd gelaufen"- Sally Potocki über Vertragsende in Dortmund . 2024-10-18 . handball-world . de.
  8. Web site: Zeitung . Westdeutsche . 2018-03-15 . Werkselfen: Potocki verlängert . 2024-10-18 . Westdeutsche Zeitung . de.
  9. Web site: ONLINE . RP . 2016-05-14 . Lokalsport: Elfen verpflichten Dortmunds Kapitänin Potocki . 2024-10-18 . RP ONLINE . de.
  10. Web site: XVIII Women's World Championship 2007. Team Roster, Australia. IHF. 13 August 2024 .
  11. Web site: XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Australia. IHF. 7 December 2013 . dead. 2013-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20131201173337/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/AUS.pdf.
  12. Web site: XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Goalscorers (top 40) . 28 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228064655/http://www.ihf.info:80/files/competitiondata/140/pdf/TOPSCORER.pdf . 13 August 2024.
  13. News: Japan 2019: Australia . 15 November 2019 . ihf.info . 13 August 2024.
  14. Web site: Meet Heba Aly, the migrant guiding Australia's handball team back to the world stage . 2024-10-18 . SBS Language . en.
  15. Web site: Australia arrive in Japan for 24th IHF Women's World Championship. handballaustralia.org.au. 22 November 2019 . 24 November 2019.
  16. https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/459525eb-a3b4-457d-94b9-ed7d6afd3491/pdf/AUS.PDF 2019 World Women's Handball Championship squad
  17. Web site: 20193011_Gegnerporträt_Australien . 2024-10-18 . DHB - Deutscher Handball Bund . de.
  18. Web site: 2018-12-11 . Mouncey helps Aussies qualify for Handball World Champs . 2024-10-18 . Nine . en.
  19. Web site: 2024 IHF World Beach Handball Championships – Kayo Sports . 2024-10-18 . en-US.
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721073850/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=319 Sally Potocki – WNBL
  21. News: cward . 2023-11-06 . Full list of the Flames' player names and numbers - Sydney Flames . 2024-10-18 . Sydney Flames . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2009-06-14 . MacMillan selected in Australian University Team . 2024-10-18 . Kilsyth Basketball . en-US.
  23. Web site: IHF Europe’s best clubs descend upon Portugal for beach highlight . 2024-10-18 . www.ihf.info.
  24. Web site: IHF East Melbourne and Galahs defend titles to take Australian 2024 beach gold . 2024-10-18 . www.ihf.info.
  25. Web site: Beach Handball: Sally Potocki and Jemima Harbort . 2024-10-18 . Apple Podcasts . en-US.
  26. Web site: Cleal . Olivia . 2024-08-02 . Watching handball during the Olympics? Don't know the rules? Here's what you need to know. . 2024-10-18 . Women's Agenda . en-AU.
  27. Web site: Creative Baguette Welcome to Our World : The Art of Baking Websites . 2024-10-18 . Creative Baguette . en-US.

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