# Sybille Gruner

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**Sybille Gruner** (born 18 May 1969 in [Erfurt](/source/Erfurt), East Germany) was a member of the [German women's national handball team](/source/German_women's_national_handball_team) between 1989 and 1995. In 1993 the team won the [world championship](/source/World_Women's_Handball_Championship) in a very close game against Denmark.[1] One year later, during the [European championship](/source/European_Women's_Handball_Championship) final in Berlin, they played the Danish team again and lost.

At the Olympic Games in [Barcelona in 1992](/source/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) the team had high hopes of a medal but placed a disappointing fourth. In the play-off for the bronze medal they lost against the odds-on favourite, Russia.

## Club career

Gruner attended Kinder- und Jugendsportschule in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), a special school for athletically talented children. At the age of 14 she moved to [SC Leipzig](/source/SC_Leipzig).[2] At the age of 16 she was a member of the senior SC Leipzig team that won the European cup.[3] She has also won several national titles with [SC Leipzig](/source/SC_Leipzig) followed.

In 1990 she moved to Leverkusen and played for [Bayer 04 Leverkusen](/source/TSV_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_(handball)) for the next 12 years.[2] After the birth of her first daughter and winning the national cup she ended her active career as a handball player.[3]

## National team

She played 133 national team games for the [German national team](/source/Germany_women's_national_handball_team).[2]

## Coaching career

For the next 3 years following her retirement she worked as assistant coach at [Bayer 04 Leverkusen](/source/TSV_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_(handball)) and, after the birth of her second daughter in 2004, she returned for another year to the coaching bench. In 2013 she became the coach of the [Bayer 04 Leverkusen](/source/TSV_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_(handball)) youth team.[2] In April 2018 she became the youth coach at TuS Königsdorf.[4][5]

From October 2020 to December 2021 she coached the German U17 team.[6]

## Private life

Since 2006 she has been working for TNT Innight.[citation needed] She married the former basketball player Bodo Kuczmann in 2004.

## References

- [Profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/sybille-gruner-1.html) at sports-reference.com

1. ["Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister"](https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-25421.html) (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

1. ["Sybille "Bobby" Gruner: "Die Jugend bundesligatauglich machen""](https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-28-17715.html) (in German). Handball-World. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

1. [""Bobby“ Gruner: DHB holt Weltmeisterin aus Königsdorf"](https://www.harzhelden.news/2020/11/23/bobby-gruner-dhb-holt-weltmeisterin-aus-koenigsdorf/) (in German). Herz Helden. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2025.

1. ["Jugendbereich"](http://www.tuskoenigsdorfhandball.de/jugend-1/) (in German). [TuS Königsdorf](/source/TuS_K%C3%B6nigsdorf). Retrieved 2018-03-29.

1. ["Königsdorfer Handballabteilung verpflichtet Weltmeisterin"](http://www.lokalsport-rhein-erft-kreis.de/handball/2018-04-25/koenigsdorfer-handballabteilung-verpflichtet-weltmeisterin/) (in German). *lokalsport-rhein-erft-kreis.de*. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

1. ["Weltmeisterin Sybille Gruner künftig im Trainerteam für weibliches U17-Nationalteam"](https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-28-40989.html) (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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