circle runner

English

Noun

circle runner (plural circle runners)

1. (handball) A player who plays along the six-meter line with his/her back facing the opponent's goal, and tries to get in between the defenders to create space so that a teammate can get in. The circle runner can also receive a pass and try to score.

   Synonym: pivot

Translations

Translations

• Danish: stregspiller (da)
• Finnish: viivapelaaja
• French: pivot (fr) m or f
• German: Kreisläufer (de) m, Kreisläuferin f, Kreisspieler m, Kreisspielerin f, Kreismitte m
• Italian: pivot (it) m or f
• Macedonian: пикер (piker), пивот (pivot)
• Norwegian: strekspiller, linjespiller
• Polish: obrotowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: pivô (pt) m or f
• Russian: линейный (ru) (linejnyj)
• Spanish: pivote (es) m or f
• Swedish: mittsexa