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Danish handball player (born 1971)

Gitte Sunesen
Personal information
Full name Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen
Born (1971-12-11) 11 December 1971 (age 53)
Hammel, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs
Years Team
1989–2004 GOG Svendborg TGI
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2000 Denmark 135 (1)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach)
2017–2019 Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach)
2021– Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach)
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
World championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Germany Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Denmark Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Netherlands Team

Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen (born 11 December 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and World champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Additionally, She is a two times European Champion; from 1994 and 1996 and World champion from 1997.

Sunesen played her entire career at Danish club GOG Håndbold. During her career she won the Danish league three times and the Danish Women's Handball Cup two times. She debuted for the Danish national team in 1991 at the age of 21.

She missed the 2000 Olympics due to a knee injury suffered a month prior to the tournament in a friendly match against Norway. She retired from playing handball in 2003 due to knee injuries. In 2015 she was hired as goalkeeping coach at Odense Håndbold.

Private life

During the last few years of her playing career as well as after her retirement she has worked as a primary school teacher. She is married to fellow handball player Keld Vilhelmsen. Her child Lasse Vilhelmsen is also a handball player.

References

  1. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  2. Guldbæk Welch, Nadia (11 December 2021). "'Jernhård lady' fylder 50: 'Det var fantastisk – jeg ser tilbage med stolthed'". BT (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. "Håndbold: Gitte Sunesen må opgive OL". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 18 August 2000. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ^ Skjødt Østergaard Pedersen, Jan (12 August 2023). "Hvor er de nu? – med Gitte Sunesen". Håndbold nyheder om dansk og udenlandsk håndbold, VM og EM (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. Weirsøe, Frank (3 February 2004). "Endnu en GOG-profil er væk". TV 2 Fyn (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  6. Andersen, Julie Kjær (10 September 2015). "Gitte Sunesen skal træne målmænd i HC Odense". fyens.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. Peter, Krogh Frausing (10 May 2023). "Håndboldstjerners søn får lang kontrakt i GOG". TV 2 Fyn (in Danish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
Denmark squads
Denmark squad – 1994 European Championship – Gold medal (1st title)
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Denmark squad – Women's handball – 1996 Summer Olympics (1st Title)
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Denmark squad – 1996 European Championship – Gold medal (2nd title)
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Denmark women's squad – 1997 World Championship
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Denmark squad – 1998 European Championship – Silver medal
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Denmark squad – 1999 World Championship – 6th place
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