Bárbara Arenhart

Bárbara Elisabeth Arenhart (born 4 October 1986) is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for RK Krim and the Brazilian national team. She is the captain of the Brazilian National Team.

She is openly lesbian.

Career Arenhart started her career at the Brazilian clubs Santa/Feevale and Metodista before heading to Europe in 2007, where she joined Spanish side Balonmano Parc Sagunto. Here, she won the Copa de la Reina in 2008.

In the summer of 2010, she moved to the Norwegian club Byåsen HE, before joining Austrian side Hypo Niederösterreich. Here, she won the Austrian League and Austrian cup three times and EHF Cup Winners' Cup once. She also won the award for Player of the year in Austria in 2013.

In February 2013, she announced that she would leave the club and joined the Romanian top club HCM Baia Mare together with Brazilian colleague Alexandra do Nascimento. Here, she played for a year before joining Danish side NFH.

Two years later, she joined Hungarian side Ipress Center-Vác in 2016, where she played for 4 years. In the 2020/21 season, she joined the Montenegrin side ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica. Here, she played for a single season, where she won both the Montenegrin League and the Montenegrin trophy, before joining Slovenian side RK Krim. Here, she has won the Slovenian Championship in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the Slovenian Cup in 2022 and 2023.

Achievements Austrian League: Winner: 2012, 2013, 2014 Austrian Cup: Winner: 2012, 2013, 2014 Norwegian League: Silver Medalist: 2011 Romanian League: Finalist: 2015 Romanian Cup: Winner: 2015 Supercupa României: Winner: 2014 Spanish Cup: Winner: 2008 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Winner: 2013 Baia Mare Champions Trophy: Winner: 2014 Pan American Games: Winner: 2011, 2015 World Championship: Winner: 2013 Pan American Championship: Winner: 2011, 2013, 2017 Silver Medalist: 2009 South American Championship: Winner: 2013 Provident Cup: Winner: 2013

Awards and recognition All-Star Goalkeeper of the World Championship: 2013 Austrian Handball Federation Handballer of the Year – Women: 2013 Austrian Handball Federation Goalkeeper of the Year – Women: 2013 2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament: Best Goalkeeper All-Star Goalkeeper of the Pan American Championship: 2017