Karen Brødsgaard
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10 March 1978 Horsens, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Line player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998–2003 | Viborg HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Larvik HK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Aalborg DH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-2007 | Denmark | 140 | (288) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010–2012 | Aalborg DH (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Alingsås HK (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | EH Aalborg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–22 | Odense Håndbold (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Odense Håndbold (interim head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karen Brødsgaard (born 10 March 1978) is a former Danish team handball player and manager, and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney[1] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she was the captain of the team.[2]
With Viborg HK she won the Danish League four times in a row in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, the EHF European League in 1999 and reached the EHF Champions League final in 2001.
Managing career
[edit]Karen Brødsgaard ended her career at Aalborg DH, and immediately became an assistant coach, a position she held until 2012.
In 2016 Karen Brødsgaard became assistant coach for Alingsås HK men's team in Sweden.[3] In 2018 she switched to become the manager of EH Aalborg in Denmark.[4] EH Aalborg was at the time playing in the second tier the 1st Division. In her first season in charge Karen Brødsgaard managed to get them promoted to the top league.[5]
Her tenure at EH Aalborg did however not last long. During the following season (2019-2020), she announced her intention to leave the club to become assistant manager assistant manager of Odense Håndbold under Jan Pytlick the following season.[6] Only 6 days later she was fired at EH Aalborg, with the disappointing points accumulated cited as the reason.[7] At the time EH Aalborg was in last place in the league with only 5 points to their name. EH Aalborg was relegated that season.
During her tenure at Odense Håndhold she won the Danish Cup and the Danish league in the 2020-2021 season. After three years in Odense, they parted ways in 2022 when her contract expired.[8]
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karen Brødsgaard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
- ^ "Et særsyn: Jeg bliver betragtet som en træner, ikke som en kvinde". 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard vender hjem til Danmark som træner - TV 2". 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Oprykning til HTH GO Ligaen". Elitehåndbold Aalborg. Retrieved 18 March 2018.[dead link]
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard stopper i EH Aalborg: Skal være Pytlicks assistent". 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard fyret i EH Aalborg". 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Karen Brødsgaard stopper i Odense - TV 2". 21 February 2022.
External links
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Danish female handball players
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Viborg HK players
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Horsens
- Handball players from the Central Denmark Region
- Danish handball coaches
- Danish expatriate handball players in Norway
- Expatriate handball coaches
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Female sports coaches