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Karin Mortensen

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Karin Mortensen
Personal information
Born (1977-09-26) 26 September 1977
Horsens, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998-2002
 Horsens HK
2002-2006
 Ikast/Bording EH
2006-2010
 SK Aarhus
2010-2013
 FIF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000-2012
 Denmark 233[1] (4)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2002 DenmarkTeam
Silver medal – second place2004 HungaryTeam

Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a Danish former team handball player and two times Olympic champion.[2] She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[3] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[4] as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.[5]

She retired from the national team in September 2012 after the 2012 Olympics.[6] Having played 233 matches, she is the second most tenured player on the Danish Women's national team (second to Janne Kolling with 250 matches), and the most matches as Goalkeeper.[7]

Club career

Mortensen started at VRI. She later joined Horsens HK, followed by Ikast/Bording EH in 2002.[8] Here she reached the final of the Danish League in 2003, where they lost to Slagelse DT.[9]

In 2006 she left Ikast-Bording for SK Aarhus. In 2010 she joined Frederiksberg IF. After the 2012-13 season she retired.[10]

Post-playing career

During her handball career, she educated herself as a physiotherapist and today she has a clinic in Copenhagen.[11] Additionally, she has worked sporadically as a handball expert on Danish television.[12]

She hass also worked as a handball expert at Danmarks Radio.[13]

References

  1. Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Mortensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Full name: Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen
  3. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  4. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  5. "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag". 6 December 2023.
  6. Andersen, Patrick (15 September 2012). "Målmandsprofil stopper på landsholdet". Hbold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. "Den store målvogter har forladt håndbolden" [The Great Goalkeeper has left handball]. Jyske Vestkysten. 25 September 2017.
  8. www.dr.dk: Karin Mortensen til SK Århus
  9. "Finale um die dänische Meisterschaft 2003".
  10. "Afklaret Karin Mortensen indstiller karrieren" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  11. "Karin Mortensen". Fysio360. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  12. "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag" [Do you remember the handball star Karin Mortensen? This is what she does today.] (in Danish). Billed-bladet. 6 December 2023.
  13. "Ekspert håber på lokal håndboldhelt som landstræner" (in Danish). tv2east.dk. Retrieved 4 October 2024.