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The DFB striker’s sister is also an athlete
October 13, 2025 – 12:49 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Sport is in the Woltemade family’s blood. While Nick has become a professional soccer player, his sister plays the sport that Nick gave up as a child for soccer.
On Monday evening, Nick Woltemade will be hunting for goals again. The German national soccer player finally wants to score his first international goal in the World Cup qualifier in Northern Ireland (8:45 p.m. in the t-online live ticker).
His sister, who is three years older than him, impressively showed him how to score goals on Saturday. Because she also practices high-class sports.
Madita Woltemade is a regional handball player. As in football, this is the fourth highest division in Germany. While her brother moved from VfB Stuttgart to Premier League club Newcastle United in the summer for up to 85 million euros, Madita also joined a new club after four years.
The 23-year-old moved within the league from the TV Oyten Vampires, with whom she once played in the 3rd league, to the Bremen district club TuS Komet Arsten. At the weekend there was a reunion with her former club and the 1.84 meter tall left-hander played well. The backcourt player was by far the best thrower of the game, scoring a whopping ten goals – but that didn’t change the 26:30 defeat in the derby.
Madita has been playing handball since she was five years old. Her role model is the Norwegian Stine Oftedal, the world handball player of the year in 2019, who ended her career in 2024. Unlike her brother Nick, Madita cannot make a living from her sport. In addition to handball, she studied special education and German studies to become a teacher at the University of Oldenburg.
By the way: As a child, Nick also played handball in Bremen, where both were born. In an interview with dfb.de, he explained why he ultimately decided on football: “Probably because there is only Werder at the top level in Bremen. The prospects in football were simply better to be able to stay in Bremen.”
He doesn’t regret his decision: “I’m very happy that I made this decision back then. Through football I’ve met a lot of good people.”