Karin Mortensen

Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion.^[2] She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney^[3] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,^[4] as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.^[5]

Karin Mortensen
Personal information
Born	(1977-09-26) 26 September 1977 (age 47) Horsens, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1998-2002	Horsens HK
2002-2006	Ikast/Bording EH
2006-2010	SK Aarhus
2010-2013	FIF
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000-2012	Denmark	233[1]	(4)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team European Championship 2002 Denmark Team 2004 Hungary Team

She retired from the national team in September 2012.^[6] 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.^[7]

During her handball career, she educated herself as a physiotherapist and today she has a clinic in Copenhagen. ^[8]Additionally, she has worked sporadically as a handball expert on Danish television.^[9]

References

1. Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Mortensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Full name: Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen
3. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
4. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
5. "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag". 6 December 2023.
6. Andersen, Patrick (15 September 2012). "Målmandsprofil stopper på landsholdet". Hbold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
7. "Den store målvogter har forladt håndbolden" [The Great Goalkeeper has left handball]. Jyske Vestkysten. 25 September 2017.
8. "Karin Mortensen". Fysio360.
9. "Husker du håndboldstjernen Karin Mortensen? Det laver hun i dag" [Do you remember the handball star Karin Mortensen? This is what she does today.] (in Danish). Billed-bladet. 6 December 2023.

External links

• Karin Mortensen at the European Handball Federation (former profile)
• Karin Mortensen at Olympedia
• Karin Oernhoej Mortensen at Olympics.com