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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Josephine Touray
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| nationality         = Danish
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|10|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Aarhus]], Denmark
| height              = 165 cm
| weight              = 57 kg
| position            = Right wing
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         =
| youthclubs1         =
| years1              = 1997–1998
| clubs1              = [[Viborg HK]]
| years2              = 1998–2003
| clubs2              = [[Kolding IF]]
| years3              = 2003–2005
| clubs3              = [[Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold]]
| years4              = 2005–2008
| clubs4              = [[FC København Håndbold]]
| years5              = 2008–2010
| clubs5              = [[SK Aarhus]]
| years6              = 2010–2012
| clubs6              = [[Frederiksberg IF]]
| years7              = 2013
| clubs7              = [[København Håndbold]]
| nationalyears1      = 2001–2008
| nationalteam1       = [[Denmark women's national handball team|Denmark]]  
| nationalcaps1       = 123
| nationalgoals1      = 383
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Team handball|handball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{Flagu|Denmark}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition |[[European Women's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold   | [[2002 European Women's Handball Championship|2002 Denmark]] | Team}}
{{MedalSilver   | [[2004 European Women's Handball Championship|2004 Hungary]] | Team}}
}}

'''Josephine Touray''' (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish [[team handball]] player and Olympic champion of Gambian descent. She played mainly as a right wing. Over the course of her career she played 123 games for the Danish national team, where she scored 383 goals. She played for the clubs: Bjerringbro KFUM, [[Viborg HK]], [[KIF Kolding]], [[Ikast-Bording EH]], [[FCK Håndbold]], [[Frederiksberg IF]] and [[SK Aarhus]], all in Denmark. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens.<ref name=db-ol2004-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN "2004 Summer Olympics &ndash; Athens, Greece &ndash; Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} &ndash; ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)</ref>

==Career==
Touray started her playing career at Bjerringbro before joining the Danish top club [[Viborg HK]]. Here she won the [[Danish Women's Handball League|Danish league]] and the [[EHF-Cup]] in 1999.<ref name=rejsende>{{cite web | url=https://stiften.dk/navne/rejsende-i-haandbold-og-medaljer | title=Rejsende i håndbold og medaljer |publisher=[[Aarhus Stiftstidende]]|website=stiften.dk | date=30 May 2009|language=da|trans-title=Traveller in handball and medals}}</ref>

In 2004 with [[Ikast-Bording EH]] she won the [[EHF Cup Winners' Cup]].<ref name=rejsende />

In 2005 she joined [[FC København Håndbold]] to better balance the handball career with her law-studies.<ref name=rejsende />
In April 2008 she decided to cancel her contract with [[FC København Håndbold]], due to concerns over playing time. At the time of the transfer, she had not taken the field since october 2007. She joined league rivals [[SK Århus]].

She decided to retire in 2009 after struggling with injuries for a long period.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/handbold/article4148272.ece | title=Josephine Touray stopper karrieren | date=28 May 2009 |publisher=[[Jyllands-Posten]]|language=da|trans-title=Josephine Touray ends her career}}</ref> In 2010 she did however come out of retirement to join Copenhagen based [[Frederiksberg IF]], where she played as a part time handballer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stiften.dk/navne/josephine-touray-31-aar | title=Josephine Touray - 31 år|publisher=[[Aarhus Stiftstidende]]|website=stiften.dk| date=6 October 2010 |language=da|trans-title=Josephine Touray - 31 years old}}</ref>

==Post-handball career==
Simultaniously with her playing career, Touray studied Law. After she retired she has been involved in various charity organisation. First in FANT – Football for a new tomorrow, an organisation supporting sports in [[developing countries]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/bts-julekalender-4-dec-josephine-touray-har-faaet-et-nyt-liv-jeg-savner-at | title=B.T.s julekalender – 4. Dec.: Josephine Touray har fået et nyt liv: 'Jeg savner at spille foran 10.000 mennesker' | date=4 December 2021|publisher=[[B.T. (tabloid)|B.T.]]|language=da|trans-title=B.T.s Christmas calendar - December 4th: Josephine Touray has a new life: "I do miss playing in front of 10,000 spectators}}</ref> and Hej-Fonden, an organisation against bullying, which has involved numerous former and current Danish handball players, including [[Mikkel Hansen]] and [[Mie Højlund]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/josephine-touray-scorer-nyt-job-er-ny-direktoer-for-hej-fonden | title=Josephine Touray scorer nyt job: Er ny direktør for Hej Fonden | date=November 2023 |publisher=[[B.T._(tabloid)|B.T.]]|language=da|trans-title=Josephine Touray in new job: Is new director of 'Hej Fonden'}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Denmark squad 2001 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2002 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2003 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2004 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 2005 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2008 European Women's Handball Championship}}
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish female handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark]]
[[Category:Danish people of Gambian descent]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Viborg HK players]]
[[Category:KIF Kolding players]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players from Aarhus]]
[[Category:Handball players from the Central Denmark Region]]