Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen (born 11 December 1971) is a Danish former 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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| Full name | Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 December 1971 Hammel, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989–2004 | GOG Svendborg TGI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2000 | Denmark | 135 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–2016 | Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
editSunesen 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.[3]
She missed the 2000 Olympics due to a knee injury suffered a month prior to the tournament in a friendly match against Norway.[4] She retired from playing handball in 2003 due to knee injuries.[5][6] In 2015 she was hired as goalkeeping coach at Odense Håndbold.[7]
Private life
editDuring the last few years of her playing career as well as after her retirement she has worked as a primary school teacher.[5] She is married to fellow handball player Keld Vilhelmsen. Her child Lasse Vilhelmsen is also a handball player.[8]
References
edit- ↑ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ↑ Guldbæk Welch, Nadia (11 December 2021). "'Jernhård lady' fylder 50: 'Det var fantastisk – jeg ser tilbage med stolthed'". BT (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ Dansk Håndbold profile
- ↑ "Håndbold: Gitte Sunesen må opgive OL". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 18 August 2000. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- 1 2 Skjødt Østergaard Pedersen, Jan (12 August 2023). "Hvor er de nu? – med Gitte Sunesen". Håndbold nyheder om dansk og udenlandsk håndbold, VM og EM (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ Weirsøe, Frank (3 February 2004). "Endnu en GOG-profil er væk". TV 2 Fyn (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ Andersen, Julie Kjær (10 September 2015). "Gitte Sunesen skal træne målmænd i HC Odense". fyens.dk (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ Peter, Krogh Frausing (10 May 2023). "Håndboldstjerners søn får lang kontrakt i GOG". TV 2 Fyn (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.