Viona Harrer
Encyclopedia
Viona Harrer is a German female ice hockey
goaltender
, who plays for the otherwise all-male Team Erding Gladiators and for the Germany women's national ice hockey team. At a 2009 Women's Four Nations Tournament held in Slovakia
, Harrer was named the tournament's top goaltender.
goaltender
at the age of 5 at SB Rosenheim. Later she trained with TEV Miesbach
and was the regular goaltender with the ESC Planegg in the Ladies-Bundesliga, before she ahead of the season 2003/04 moved to her grandparents in Reichersbeuern
, to play in the DNL (Rookie)-Team of Tölzer Löwen (Lions of Bad Tölz). In the season 2007/08 she played in the colors of the Tölzer Profimannschaft
as the first woman ever to play in the Geman professional Eishockeyoberliga. As the Tölzer Löwen moved on to play in the 2. Eishockey-Bundesliga she transferred to TSV Erding, where her elder brother Daniel had played for several years. In the season 2010/11, she play for TSV Erding in the Deutsche Fraueneishockey-Liga
(women league elite in Germany).
Viona Harrer is Corporal
in the German Bundeswehr Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr.
, she had her first assignment in a world championship. Due to some injuries she had to skip the 2006 Winter Olympics
, and could not participate internationally until 2007.
At the 2008 World Championship, she and her German team finished 9th and were relegated to Division I.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
, who plays for the otherwise all-male Team Erding Gladiators and for the Germany women's national ice hockey team. At a 2009 Women's Four Nations Tournament held in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Harrer was named the tournament's top goaltender.
Career
She stands 5'5" (1,68 meters) and wheighs 116 lbs (51 kg) and began her career as ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
at the age of 5 at SB Rosenheim. Later she trained with TEV Miesbach
TEV Miesbach
TEV Miesbach is an ice hockey team in Miesbach, Germany. They play in the Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. The club was founded in 1928....
and was the regular goaltender with the ESC Planegg in the Ladies-Bundesliga, before she ahead of the season 2003/04 moved to her grandparents in Reichersbeuern
Reichersbeuern
Reichersbeuern is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria in Germany....
, to play in the DNL (Rookie)-Team of Tölzer Löwen (Lions of Bad Tölz). In the season 2007/08 she played in the colors of the Tölzer Profimannschaft
EC Bad Tölz
EC Bad Tolz is an ice hockey team in Bad Tolz, Germany. They play in the Oberliga, the third level of German ice hockey.-History:The club was founded as EHC 98 Munchen in 1928. They won the Ice hockey Bundesliga twice in the 1960s...
as the first woman ever to play in the Geman professional Eishockeyoberliga. As the Tölzer Löwen moved on to play in the 2. Eishockey-Bundesliga she transferred to TSV Erding, where her elder brother Daniel had played for several years. In the season 2010/11, she play for TSV Erding in the Deutsche Fraueneishockey-Liga
German women's ice hockey Bundesliga
The German women's ice hockey Bundesliga is Germany's top league in Women's ice Hockey. It is organized by the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund, which governs the sport in Germany, in which 2549 players competed in 2011.- History :The German Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga was created in 1988-89...
(women league elite in Germany).
Viona Harrer is Corporal
Corporal
Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4....
in the German Bundeswehr Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr.
Internationally
Already at the age of 16 Jahren she belonged to the extended squad if the Deutsche Nationalmannschaft (German Ladies Ice Hockey National Team) and travelled to the 2003 World Championship in Peking, which was cancelled due to the SARS-Epidemics. One year later in Halifax, CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, she had her first assignment in a world championship. Due to some injuries she had to skip the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
, and could not participate internationally until 2007.
At the 2008 World Championship, she and her German team finished 9th and were relegated to Division I.