Karin Mortensen

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]

Karin Mortensen
Personal information
Born (1977-09-26) 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)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team
2004 Athens Team
European Championship
2002 DenmarkTeam
2004 HungaryTeam

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
  1. Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 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
  3. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  4. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  5. https://www.billedbladet.dk/kendte/danmark/sport/husker-du-haandboldstjernen-karin-mortensen-det-laver-hun-i-dag
  6. Andersen, Patrick (15 September 2012). "Målmandsprofil stopper på landsholdet". Hbold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. "Den store målvogter har forladt håndbolden" [The Great Goalkeeper has left handball]. Jyske Vestkysten.
  8. "Karin Mortensen". Fysio360.
  9. "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.
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