Also, current Montenegro coach Bojana Popovic is a close friend of Woltering’s.
“We call each other quite often, and though we have not seen each other for a long time, the meeting with her was just like we had not seen us for just one day ago,” Woltering says.
“She backed me when I came to Podgorica, and Bojana is truly a brilliant sportswoman and a great personality.”
In 2015, when Woltering returned to Germany, she went back to regular business besides handball: the family farm. Woltering is agricultural engineer, overseeing 250 bulls, 40,000 chicken and 50 acres of land.
“Today, our farm is the focal point of my life, but still there is my passion for handball. This sport is like a virus for me – once you are infected, you never lose it again,” she says.
After finishing her playing career at Borussia Dortmund, she became goalkeeper coach of that club. Now, alongside Swedish and THW Kiel legend Mattias Andersson, she takes care of the women’s national team.
“Though the number of players who were my teammates at Buducnost is quite low now, I still follow the matches of the club and the national team. Therefore, I hope, I can help our – currently really strong – goalkeepers in the duel against the EHF EURO hosts,” Woltering says in the build-up to the match on Monday (18:00 CET, live on EHFTV) in the Moraca Arena.