PALICKA Andreas

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2021	Egypt
5	Men	2019
6	Men	2017	France
7	Men	2009	Croatia

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	Croatia
7	Men	2020

Palle (liquimoly-hbl.de, 15 Jan 2021)

Paddle tennis, football, supporting Spanish football club FC Barcelona. (gp.se, 17 Jan 2020)

Athlete

Wife Sandra Meissner, son Aston, daughter Elsa

English, German, Spanish, Swedish

Rhein-Neckar Lowen [Mannheim, GER] since 2016/17

Martin Schwalb [club], GER; Glenn Solberg [national], NOR

Goalkeeper (eurohandball.com, 01 Sep 2020)

His wife Sandra Meissner won a Swedish junior championship in handball. (spanaren.se, 13 Jan 2020)

2007 for Sweden Against Germany, in Skovde, Sweden (thw-provinzial.de, 30 Jan 2012)

He suffered a knee ligament injury during a German Handball-Bundesliga match for Rhein-Neckar Lowen in October 2020. He missed Sweden's European championship qualifying matches against Romania and Kosovo in November 2020 as a result of the injury. (svenskhandboll.se, 27 Oct 2020)

In March 2020 he lost four kilos and was out for four weeks after contracting the COVID-19 virus. (expressen.se, 15 Feb 2021)

In June 2018 he underwent surgery for chronic knee problems. (gp.se, 04 Jun 2018)

In April 2017 he missed a European championship qualifier against the Russian Federation due to a hamstring injury. (gp.se, 10 Apr 2017)

In March 2009 he suffered a muscle tear in his thigh that threatened to end his career. He was out for over six months. (thw-provinzial.de, 17 Jul 2011)

Handball-Bundesliga [GER] (liquimoly-hbl.de, 01 Mar 2021)

He initially combined handball and football before deciding to focus exclusively on handball. (expressen.se, 15 Feb 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 01 Apr 2021)

Finishing runners-up at the 2021 World Championship in Egypt. "It was fantastic, I have never had so much fun during a championship. Emotionally, it was a roller coaster. When the final was over, there was an emptiness. When I got home to Germany, I felt like a wreck." (expressen.se, 15 Feb 2021)

Former goalkeeping coach Mats Olsson. (aftonbladet.se, 30 Jan 2021)

"With age, you learn how to handle a lot of things. I used to burn out by training very hard, but now I am calmer and actually faster because of it. My physical game requires a lot of power." (spanaren.se, 13 Jan 2020)

He was voted Player of the Tournament for the 2021 World Championship in Egypt by readers of the Swedish news outlet Aftonbladet. (aftonbladet.se, 30 Jan 2021)

He was named in the All-Star Team at the 2021 World Championship in Egypt. (handbollslandslaget.se, 14 Mar 2021)

In 2020 he was named Player of the Year by the Swedish Handball Federation. (svenskhandboll.se, 27 Oct 2020; handbollslandslaget.se, 14 Mar 2021)

In 2007 and 2008 he was named Best Goalkeeper of the Season by the Swedish Handball Federation. (thw-provinzial.de, 01 Feb 2012)