Karin Mortensen
| Karin Mortensen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
26 September 1977 Horsens, Denmark | ||
| Nationality | Danish | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Retired | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1998-2002 | Horsens HK | ||
2002-2006 | Ikast/Bording EH | ||
2006-2010 | SK Aarhus | ||
2010-2013 | FIF | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000-2012 | Denmark | 233[1] | (4) |
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Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion.[2] She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[3] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[4] as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.[5] She retired from the national team in September 2012.[6] Having played 233 matches, she is the second most tenured player on the Danish Women's national team (second to Janne Kolling with 250 matches), and the most matches as Goalkeeper.[7] During her handball career, she educated herself as a physiotherapist and today she has a clinic in Copenhagen. [8]Additionally, she has worked sporadically as a handball expert on Danish television.[9]
References
- ↑ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Mortensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
Full name: Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen
- ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ↑ "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag". 6 December 2023.
- ↑ Andersen, Patrick (15 September 2012). "Målmandsprofil stopper på landsholdet". Hbold.dk (in dansk). Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Den store målvogter har forladt håndbolden" [The Great Goalkeeper has left handball]. Jyske Vestkysten. 25 September 2017.
- ↑ "Karin Mortensen". Fysio360.
- ↑ "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag" [Do you remember the handball star Karin Mortensen? This is what she does today.] (in Danish). Billed-bladet. 6 December 2023.
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External links
- Karin Mortensen at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Karin Mortensen at Olympedia (archive)
- Karin Oernhoej Mortensen at Olympics.com
- CS1 dansk-language sources (da)
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Danish female handball players
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Horsens
- Handball players from the Central Denmark Region