Karin Mortensen
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Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion.[1] She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[2] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[3] as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.[4]
She retired from the national team in September 2012 after the 2012 Olympics.[5] 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.[6]
Club career
Mortensen started at VRI. She later joined Horsens HK, followed by Ikast/Bording EH in 2002.[7] Here she reached the final of the Danish League in 2003, where they lost to Slagelse DT.[8]
In 2006 she left Ikast-Bording for SK Aarhus. In 2010 she joined Frederiksberg IF. After the 2012-13 season she retired.[9]
Post playing career
During her handball career, she educated herself as a physiotherapist and today she has a clinic in Copenhagen.[10] Additionally, she has worked sporadically as a handball expert on Danish television.[11]
She hass also worked as a handball expert at Danmarks Radio.[12]
References
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