Gitte Madsen (born 24 March 1969 in Herning, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] With the danish national team, she has also won both the World Championship and European Championship.
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| Full name | Gitte Madsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 March 1969 Herning, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Multiple Positions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990-1991 |
Horsens HK ( Denmark) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991-1995 |
Bækkelagets SK ( Norway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995-1997 |
DHG Odense ( Denmark) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997-1998 |
GOG ( Denmark) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-2000 |
Bækkelagets SK ( Norway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991-1998 | Denmark | 120 | (288) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019-2022 | Norway U-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
editMadsen played for Horsens HK until 1991, before switching to Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK where she played for 3 years. Here she won the Norwegian league in 1992 and in 1994 with the club.
In 1994 she returned to Danish handball to play for first DHG Håndbold followed by GOG Håndbold. She returned as the last stop of her career to Bækkelagets SK, where she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 as well as her third Norwegian league title.[2] Her career ended in 2000 after suffering three separate Spinal disc herniations within 6 months.[3]
Coaching Career
editFrom 2019 to 2022 she acted as the Norwegian U-18 coach together with Kristine Lunde.[4]
References
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gitte Madsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "Gitte Madsen er friskmeldt". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 8 May 1999. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Nicolaisen, Jens (6 May 2000). "Gitte Madsen: Det er slut". BT (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Madsen, Mads O. (17 August 2019). "Gitte Madsen og Kristine Lunde bliver ungdomslandstrænere i Norge". Europamester (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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