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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Mette Vestergaard
| full_name           = Mette Vestergaard Larsen
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| nationality         = Danish
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Taastrup]], Denmark
| height              = 172&nbsp;cm
| weight              = 
| position            = Right back
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         = 1982–1992
| youthclubs1         = [[Rødovre HK]]
| years1              = 1992–1994
| clubs1              = [[Rødovre HK]]
| years2              = 1994–2002
| clubs2              = [[FIF Håndbold]]
| years3              = 2002–2006
| clubs3              = [[FCK Håndbold]]
| years4              = 2006–2013
| clubs4              = [[Lyngby HK]]
| nationalyears1      = 1995–2005
| nationalteam1       = [[Denmark women's national handball team|Denmark]]  
| nationalcaps1       = 181
| nationalgoals1      = 519
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Team handball|handball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition |[[European Women's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold   | [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996 Denmark]] | Team competition}}
{{MedalGold   | [[2002 European Women's Handball Championship|2002 Denmark]] | Team competition}}
{{MedalSilver   | [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998 Netherlands]] | Team competition}}
}}

'''Mette Vestergaard Larsen''' (born 27 November 1975) is a former Danish [[team handball]] player and coach. During her playing career she became two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney<ref name=db-ol2000-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics &ndash; Sydney, Australia &ndash; Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} &ndash; ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 12 February 2008)</ref> and 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 12 February 2008)</ref>

At club level she never won a trophy, the closest being 2nd place in the Danish league in 1999/2000 with FIF. In the 1995–96 and 2000-01 season she was the topscorer in the Danish top league, [[Damehåndboldligaen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1711.htm |title=Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer |date=9 July 2008 |publisher=Danish Handball Federation |language=da |access-date=15 March 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219005613/http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1711.htm |archive-date=19 February 2009 }}</ref>

Between 2015 and 2020 she was part of the staff around the Danish Women's National Team.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2015/Maj/mette_vestergaard_i_ny_landsholdsrolle | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709012027/http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2015/Maj/mette_vestergaard_i_ny_landsholdsrolle | archive-date=9 July 2016 | title=Mette Vestergaard i ny landsholdsrolle – DHF }}</ref>

She was included in the [[European Handball Federation]] Hall of Fame in 2023.<ref name="hof">{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/legendary-players-enter-the-hall-of-fame-of-european-handball/ |publisher=[[European Handball Federation]]|website=eurohandball.com|title=LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=27 June 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Denmark squad 1996 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1999 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2000 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 2002 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 2005 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish female handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players from the Capital Region of Denmark]]


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