| Mette Vestergaard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mette Vestergaard Larsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-11-27)27 November 1975 (age 49) Taastrup, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1992 | Rødovre HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Rødovre HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2002 | FIF Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | FCK Håndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2013 | Lyngby HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2005 | Denmark | 181 | (519) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mette Vestergaard Larsen (born 27 November 1975) is a Danish formerteam handball player and coach. During her playing career she became two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[1] and at the2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]
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.[3]
Between 2015 and 2020 she was part of the staff around the Danish Women's National Team.[4]
She was included in theEuropean Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.[5]
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