Handball pro Sabatnig

At the home EURO “I’m guaranteed to have goosebumps”

Santina Sabatnig recently hit top form in the Austrian national team kit.(Bild: ÖHB/DIENER / EVA MANHART)

Why Santina Sabatnig swapped football for handball, is thriving in a different position in the national team than at her club in Germany and where the 20-year-old Viennese is heading. Plus: Why the number 54 is nervous before almost every game.

"Every time I've watched this team, I've had goosebumps. It's incredible that I'm part of this team." Two years ago, Santina Sabatnig pulled on the women's national handball team jersey for the first time. Back then, it was the preliminary highlight of a development that began in Vienna.