the Danish national team in women's handball

Lotte Kiærskou

D.O.B.: 23.05.76
Height: 1.77
Weight: 68 kg
Club: Viborg
Position: Playmaker, 7 or 13
Previous clubs: Frederikshavn, Strandby/Elling
Job: Teacher and student of history

Results:

1998: European Championship silver
1999: Gold pre-Olympics, Sydney Australia
2000: Olympic gold in Sydney, Australia

Debut on national team: 20/2 1996
Started to play when she was 6

Strong character with a big future as a playmaker, the fighter instinct and a great sense of humour. When others quit, she fights on. Injuries barred her from both EC 2002 and WC 2003. Has a big importance for the team in the Olympics 04, when she finally was free of injuries and took the lead.

Line Daugaard

D.O.B.: 17.07.1978
Height: 1.72 m
Club: Ikast/Bording
Position: left wing, no 11
Previous club: IFS
Studying multimedia

Results:

1997: Danish Champion IFS
1999: Gold pre-Olympics, Sydney Australia
2002: EC gold

Debut on national team: 08/9 99

The first choice on the left wing. Fast, technically skilled and can play the defense as well. Strong and energetic. Was the one losing the competition about the ticket to the Olympics in Sydney.

Karen Brødsgaard

Nickname: Karen B., Brøsse
DOB: 10.03.1978
Height: 1.78 m
Club: Ikast/Bording
Position: Defense (center), 3 or 18
Previous clubs: Viborg, Stensballe IF, Horsens HK, Gedved
Hobbies: Other sports

Results:

1996: European Champ. for youth teams
1997: World Champ. for youth teams
1998: EHF Cup winner, European champ. silver
1999: Danish Championship, Nordic Championship for club teams,
1999: Gold Pre-Olympics, Sydney
2000: Olympic gold, Sydney
2001: Danish Championship, Champions League finalist

Debut on national team: 25/2 1998
Matches for youth-national team: 25 (74)

Mette Vestergaard Larsen

D.O.B.: 27.11.1975
Nickname: Mus (mouse)
Height: 1.72
Club: FCK Handball
Position: Right back
Previous clubs: Rødovre
Job: Accounting

Results:
1996: European Champ. gold
1998: European champ. silver
1999 Gold pre-olympics in Sydney, Australien
2000: Olympic gold, Sydney
2002: EC gold

Debut on national team: 23/2 1995

She was once critizised for her play but she got stronger with time. Now she has advanced as the captain of the national team as the only survivor of the old team and teacher of the young players. Has had knee problems.

Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen

Nickname: Morten
D.O.B. 26.09.77
Height: 181 cm
Club: Ikast/Bording
Previous Club: Horsens
Position: Goal keeper (1. choice)
Job: Student

Resultats:
2000: Olympic gold in Sydney
2002: EC gol

After legends like Rantala and Munk Lauritzen it is a hard job to take over the important position as goal keeper, but Karin is very focused and energetic. After the European Championship 2002 she was elected the best player of the championship. After that, her performance has been more unstabil.

Rikke Hørlykke B. Jørgensen

D.O.B: 02.05.76
Height: 168
Club: Slagelse
Previous clubs: GOG, Værløse, Virum, TV- Lützellinden, FIF
Position: Playmaker
Job: Production manager in advertising agency. Graphic education. Now studying economics.
Hobbies:
Married to Klavs Brunn Jørgensen, who is on the men's national team.

Results:
2000: EC
2002: EC gold

Silver in the German Bundesliga, Danish Championship silver with FIF

Started to play when she was 5.

Often used as a "joker" thrown into the game, scoring and leaving the court again. At the WC 2003 she has got a big responsability as playmaker.

Mette Blak Melgaard

Nickname: Hubby
D.O.B: 3/6/80
Height:
Club: Slagelse
Position: Back player, defense
Previous clubs: Brabrand, Vrold Skanderborg Århus KFUM/Hasle

Results:

Matches for youth national team: 19

Surprisingly not chosen for the EC 2002 team.
The "heir" of Tonje Kjærgaard, but not as physically strong.

Not at the national team at the moment

Heidi Johansen

D.O.B: 05.04.78
Club: Fox team nord
Position: Back player

Results:
2002: EC gold

Strong player, best in the defense, often used in 3-2-1 defense situations.

Player info

This is the most recent team data. The brutto team seems to change all the time, therefore this page is too complicated to update and make new buttons for, so I am planning a more simpel solution. After the Olympics in Sydeny 2000 the "fairly new team" with a mixture of new and old players broke to pieces as seven of the best players quit. Shit happens! (see the Olympic team and those who left). See also the old play er info page. Now we have a new Olympic team from 2004.

Anja Nielsen

Date of birth: 12.04.75
Height: 169 cm.
Club: Ikast/Bording
Position: Right wing
Previous clubs: Kolding if

Results:

1999: Gold pre-Olympics
2000: Olympic gold, Sydney, even though she did not play a single match.

Matches for national team: 45
Goals for national team: 78
Debut on national team: 10/11 1999

Injured at the moment

Christina Roslyng Hansen

Nickname: Luffe (something you'd nick a seal - should be the way she laughs!)
Date of birth: 10.07.1978
Height: 1,69 m
Club: Kolding IF
Position: Left wing
Previous clubs: Viborg HK, HSR Hornsyld, Horsens HK
Job: DTP trainee in an advertising agency in Viborg
Hobbies: Friends, family, nature, rollerskates, koncerts, movies, football (as spectator)

Results:
1996: European Championship gold with youth national team
1997: Youth World Championship, EHF-cup final
1998: European Championship silver, Danish Championship silver, in Champions League, Nordic Championship gold
1999: Pre-Olympics in Sydney gold, Danish Championship, gold, EHF-Cup
2000: Olympic gold, Sydney
2001: Danish Champion, Champions Legaue finalist
2002: EC gold

Debut on national team: 24.02. 1998
Youth national team debut in 1995 with 35 matches (127 goals)

Maria Josephine Touray

D.O.B. 06.10.79
Height: 168 cm
Position: Right wing
Club: Ikast/Bording
Previous clubs: Kolding, Viborg HK
Job: Bank trainee

23 U, 23 Y-matches

Results:
2002: EC gold

Easy to spot with her dark complexion and fussy hair - African father responsible for that. Very fast, so maybe you don't spot her at all!

Winnie Mølgaard

DOB: 28.07.77
Height: 174 cm
Club: GOG
Previous clubs: El Ferrobus Mislata, Spain , Stjernen, Odense, DHG Odense
Position: Left back
Education: Stud.cand.negot

Results:
Took part of ECh 2000, Youth-WCh Gold
2002: EC gold

Good penalty shooter. Stable, yet not so colourful.

Rikke Poulsen Schmidt

D.O.B.: 14.01.75
Club: Slagelse
Previous Clubs: Kolding HK
Position: Goalkeeper

Surprisingly, she did not get chosen for the EC 2002 team, much to the regret of Slagelse. Yet, she has more experience than Louise Bager, who got her place as third choice, but Pytlick did not think, that she was in a good shape. Got back on the team later, though, eg. in the Olympics 04.

Kristine Andersen

Nickname: Kris
D.O.B: 02.04.1976
Height: 1,73 m
Club: Ikast/Bording EH
Position: Left back
Previous clubs: Sindal IF, Ikast, Bayer Leverkusen
Job: Sales koordinator
Hobbeis: Boyfriend and friends

Results:

1995 Silver Youth-Wch in Brazil
1996 Olympic gold Atlanta, USA and EC gold
1997: Danish Championship with Ikast FS, City Cup winner with Ikast FS
1998: Silver, ECh in Holland
1998: Danish Championship silver with Ikast
1999: Gold pre-olympics in Sydney

Debut on national team: 20/2 1996

Many injuries have troubled this player, who is vital to our team.

Katrine Fruelund

Nickname: Frue
D.O.B.: 12.07.1978
Height: 1,74 m
Clublub: Viborg since 99
Position: Left back, no 11
Previous clubs: Vorup fB, Randers HK
Job: Studying to become a nurse
Hobbies: Music, friends, animals

Meritter:
1996: Youth nt. ECh gold
1997: Youth nt. Wch gold
1998: ECh silver national team
2000: Olympic gold, Sydney
Danish Champions 2000, 2001
2002: EC gold

Debut on national team: 24. October 1997
Started to play when 7 yrs. old

Knows a great deal of ways to shoot and quick. Can get unsure of herself and lose concentration. But when she is good, she is very very good!

Lene Rantala

Date of birth: 10.08.68
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 69 kg
Club: Larvik in Norway
Position: Goal keeper
Previous clubs: IF Hjorten, FIF, Brabrand. In Norway also: Toten HK, IK Junkeren
Job: Teacher), works for "Red Barnet."(Organisation for the benefit of children)
Motto: It does not count to become second

Results:
1993: World Championship, silver
1994: European Championship, gold
1995: World Championship, bronze
1996: Olympic gold in Atlanta, European Championship gold
1997: World Championship, gold
1998: European Championship, silver
1999 Pre-Olympics in Sydney, gold
2000: Olympic gold in Sydney
2002: EC gold

Debut on the national team 14/2 - 1991
Matches for the national team: 219

Just as you think that she will quit like the rest of her "golden generation", then she gives it just one more try. Previously much in the shade of Susanne, but after the second choice, Sunesen, got injured, Ranta has got her chance to prove, she is just as good as Susanne ever was. Does not like to be in the spotlight and would rather go fishing than give interviews or appear in talk-shows. I just love that girl!! Pytlick made a big mistake when he decided to exclude her of the Olympic team 04, which was going to be her farewell tournament. Why? Only due to her age, not lack of abilities. Big mistake...

Camilla Thomsen

D.o.b.: 19.11.74
Club: FCK Håndbold
Position: Defense
Previous clubs : Ajax/Farum
Job: Marketing

Meritter:
2002: EC gold

Two matches for Pytlick's development team lead to a position in the Norwegian Moebelringen Cup in 2002, where Camilla was to replace Karen Broedsgaard. That was her ticket to the "real thing" with the national team in the European Championship a few months later.

Tine Ladefoged

D.o.b: 04.08.77
Club: Horsens HK
Position: Left back
Previous clubs :
Job:

Results:

Katrine Munch

D.o.b: 03.11.78
Club: Randers HK
Position:
Previous clubs:
Job:

Results:

Louise Bager Nørgaard

D.o.b.: 23.04.82
Club: Viborg HK
Position: Goalkeeper
Previous clubs:
Job:

Results:
2002: Ec gold

Rikke Skov

D.O.B: 07-09-1980
Club: Viborg
Position: left back and defense
Job: Nurse

Results:

Had injuries.
Very strong and said to have a great future on the team.

Henriette Mikkelsen

Født: 21/09-80
Nuværende klub: Viborg HK
Position: Fløjspiller
Tidligere klubber:

Meritter:

Landsholdsdebut:
U-landskampe:
Y-landskampe:

Trine Jensen

D.O.B: 16.10.80
Height: 176 cm
Club : Ikast/Bording
Position: Right back. Lefthanded
Previous clubs: Brabrand
Job: Journalist trainee

32 Y- og 28 U-national matches

Results:
2002: EC gold
2004: Europa Cup

Many injuries has kept her away from the team. Can also play right wing. Not afraid to get hurt..

The new players I know little about, sorry..

Read more about the players' results during the previous championships and which players performed in each championship..

The most famous days of the national team - the Golden period is consideren being from 94 leading up to the Olympics in Atlanta.

The Olympic 2000 theme page.
European Championship 2000 theme.
World Championship 2001 theme.
European Championship 2002 theme.

Also have a look at the news archives as well as the latest news.

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