Louise Bager Due (née Bager Nørgaard) (born 23 April 1982) is a Danish former handball goalkeeper and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1][2]

Louise Bager Due
Bager Due in 2009
Personal information
Born (1982-04-23) 23 April 1982 (age 42)
Dronninglund, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Team
Hjallerup IF
LSU Sæby
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001-2012
Viborg HK
2013
Team Tvis Holstebro
2017
Viborg HK
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Denmark 55 (1)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Denmark Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Hungary Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of January 2024

With Viborg, Due has won multiple titles: the Champions League in 2006 and 2009, the EHF Cup in 2004, five Danish Championship golds (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009) and four times the Danish Cup (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008).

She retired in from the national team in 2008[3] and from handball in general in 2012.[4] She unretired and returned to Viborg HK in 2017.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)
  2. ^ Profile: Louise Bager Nørgaard sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)
  3. ^ "Louise Bager Due". stiften.dk (in Danish). 23 April 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Louise Bager stopper karrieren". TV Midtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. ^ Hald, Christian (4 April 2017). "Officielt: Louise Bager Due gør comeback i Viborg HK". Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.