Gitte_Sunesen

Gitte Sunesen

Gitte Sunesen

Danish handball player (born 1971)

Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen (born 11 December 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and World champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] Additionally, She is a two times European Champion; from 1994 and 1996 and World champion from 1997.

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Sunesen played her entire career at Danish club GOG Håndbold. During her career she won the Danish league three times and the Danish Women's Handball Cup two times.[2] She debuted for the Danish national team in 1991 at the age of 21.

She missed the 2000 Olympics due to a knee injury suffered a month prior to the tournament in a friendly match against Norway.[3]

She retired from playing handball in 2003 due to knee injuries.[4][5]

During the last few years of her playing career as well as after her retirement she has worked as a primary school teacher.[6] In 2015 she was hired as goalkeeping coach at Odense Håndbold.[7]

Private life

She is married to fellow handball player Keld Vilhelmsen. Her child Lasse Vilhelmsen is also a handball player.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  2. [2]
    https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/bts-julekalender-11-december-jernhaard-lady-fylder-50-det-var-fantastisk-jeg-ser
  3. [3]
    https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/ECE5079700/H%C3%A5ndbold-Gitte-Sunesen-m%C3%A5-opgive-OL/
  4. [4]
    https://europamester.dk/hvor-er-de-nu-med-gitte-sunesen
  5. [5]
    https://www.tv2fyn.dk/fyn/endnu-en-gog-profil-er-vaek
  6. [6]
    https://europamester.dk/hvor-er-de-nu-med-gitte-sunesen
  7. [7]
    https://fyens.dk/sport/gitte-sunesen-skal-traene-maalmaend-i-hc-odense
  8. [8]
    https://www.tv2fyn.dk/svendborg/haandboldstjerners-soen-faar-lang-kontrakt-i-gog
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