{{short description|German handball player (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Katharina Filter | image = 2024-07-20 Handball, Teamfotos Nationalmannschaften für die Olympischen Spiele STP 1196 by Stepro-2.jpg | caption = Filter in 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|2|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | nationality = German | height = 1.81 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Team Esbjerg | clubnumber = 24 | years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Buxtehuder SV | years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = HL Buchholz 08-Rosengarten | years3 = 2019–2022 | clubs3 = Buxtehuder SV | years4 = 2022–2023 | clubs4 = København Håndbold | years5 = 2023–2025 | clubs5 = Brest Bretagne Handball | years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Team Esbjerg | nationalyears1 = 2021– | nationalteam1 = Germany | nationalcaps1 = 74 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | ntupdate = 19 November 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Netherlands/Germany|}} {{MedalCompetition|Beach Handball World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2022 Greece|}} }}
'''Katharina Filter''' (born 4 February 1999) is a German female handball player for Team Esbjerg and the German national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/9W0A7GLjUzR0wPoVuhLMIw/katharina-filter/|title=EHF Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=9 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dhb.de/de/data/spieler/a-nationalmannschaft-frauen/katharina-filter/ |title=DHB profile |access-date=9 April 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409124041/https://www.dhb.de/de/data/spieler/a-nationalmannschaft-frauen/katharina-filter/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She represented Germany at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 November 2021|title=16 Spielerinnen für Spanien|url=https://www.dhb.de/de/redaktionsbaum/nationalteams/a-frauen/16-spielerinnen-fuer-spanien/|access-date=9 April 2022|website=dhb.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/b18ddd17-4cb0-454b-8c86-6624aa5815db/pdf/GER.PDF|title=Team Roster Germany|website=ihf.info|access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> and the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship at home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhb.de/mit-17-spielerinnen-die-heim-wm|title=Mit 17 Spielerinnen in die Heim-WM|website=dhb.de/|language=de|date=4 November 2025|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> Here Germany reached the final, where they lost to Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/live/haandbold/2025-12-14-norge-vinder-vm-guld-efter-dramatisk-finale |publisher=TV2 Danmar |title=Norge vinder VM-guld efter dramatisk finale|date=14 December 2025 |language=da |access-date=2025-12-15}}</ref> This was the first time since 1994 that Germany made the final of a major international tournament and the first time they won a medal since 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/sport/handball-wm-256.html |publisher=Tagesschau |title=Deutsche Handballerinnen ziehen ins WM-Finale ein|date=12 December 2025 |language=de-DE |access-date=2025-12-15}}</ref>
Filter also plays Beach Handball, and won the German Beach Handball championship with her club Beach Unicorns Hannover.
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==External links== * {{International Handball Federation|75917}} * {{European Handball Federation|new_id=9W0A7GLjUzR0wPoVuhLMIw|id=559634}} * {{DOSB profile|katharina-filter}} * {{Olympics.com|katharina-filter}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/katharina-filter_1899196 Katharina Filter] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{Instagram}}
{{Germany squad 2021 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2023 World Women's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2024 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Germany squad 2025 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Filter, Katharina}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Handball players from Hamburg Category:German women's handball players Category:21st-century German sportswomen Category:World Games gold medalists for Germany Category:Medalists at the 2022 World Games Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic handball players for Germany Category:German expatriate handball players in France Category:German expatriate handball players in Denmark Category:Beach handball players Category:Brest Bretagne players Category:København Håndbold players Category:Team Esbjerg players {{Germany-handball-bio-stub}}