Dirk Leun

Dirk Leun
Leun in October 2019
Personal information
Born (1964-04-11) 11 April 1964 (age 60)
Lich, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club information
Current club Buxtehuder SV (Head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
1999–2004
 TV Mainzlar
2004–2006
 TGS Walldorf
2008–
 Buxtehuder SV

Dirk Leun (born 11 April 1964) is a German handball coach. He is the current head coach of Buxtehuder SV in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen.[1]

Coaching career

Between 1999 and 2004, Leun coached Bundesliga women's team TV Mainzlar, with whom he won the DHB Cup in 2001. Leun then moved to regional league club TGS Walldorf. In June 2008, Leun was appointed as new head coach of Buxtehuder SV. In the 2009/10 season, the club won the EHF Challenge Cup defeating Frisch Auf Göppingen in the finals.[2]

In 2016, the club won silver in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons, which also led to participation in the 2012–13 Women's EHF Champions League.[3][4]

He also won the German Youth Championship with the club's youth team in 2016.[5]

He coached the German youth national team at the 2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Macedonia, which managed to win the tournament.[6] In January 2015, Leun showed interest for coaching the German national team and said it was a "very attractive job".[7] However, Jakob Vestergaard was presented as the new national coach.[8]

References

  1. ^ "BSV-Trainer Dirk Leun sieht „Warnsignal" vor Saisonstart". tageblatt.de (in German). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2009/10 Women's Challenge Cup Match Details - Frisch Auf Göppingen 28:40 Buxtehuder Sportverein". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Go beyond the borders". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Buxtehude hit hard by injuries". eurohandball.com. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ^ "A-Jugend des Buxtehuder SV ist Deustcher Meister 2016". Nottingham Post. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2023.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION 2008: GERMANY". ihf. 4 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Buxtehude-Coach Leun Kandidat für Bundestrainer-Amt". focus.de (in German). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  8. ^ "GERMANY BELIEVES IN DANES: Jakob Vestergaard is new NT head-coach!". Handball-Planet. 25 February 2015.