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Rikke Petersen-Schmidt

Rikke Petersen-Schmidt

Danish handball player (born 1975)

Rikke Petersen-Schmidt (born 14 January 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She played as a goalkeeper.

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During her national team career she managed to play 104 games for the Danish National team from 1999 to 2006. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team both at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1][2][3]

Rikke Schmidt started playing handball at HK 71 Egernsund. At the age of 16 she moved to Vidar Sønderborg, where she played until she was 20. Her top level career started at KIF Kolding, when she debuted for the national team in 1999, and was part of the 2000 Olympics gold winning team.

In 2002 she transferred to Slagelse FH, where she won the EHF Cup in 2003 followed by winning both Danish League and the EHF Champions League back-to-back in 2004 and 2005.

After her playing career she has taken an education as a physiotherapist.

References

  1. [1]
    "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)
  2. [2]
    "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)
  3. [3]
    Profile: Rikke Petersen-Schmidt sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)


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