Gitte Sunesen
Danish handball player (born 1971)
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Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen (born 11 December 1971) is a Danish former 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.[1] Additionally, She is a two times European Champion; from 1994 and 1996 and World champion from 1997.
Hammel, Denmark
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| Full name | Gitte Jensby Sunesen Vilhelmsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 December 1971 Hammel, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–2004 | GOG Svendborg TGI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2000 | Denmark | 135 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–2016 | Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Odense Håndbold (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
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.[2] She debuted for the Danish national team in 1991 at the age of 21.[3]
She missed the 2000 Olympics due to a knee injury suffered a month prior to the tournament in a friendly match against Norway.[4] She retired from playing handball in 2003 due to knee injuries.[5][6] In 2015 she was hired as goalkeeping coach at Odense Håndbold.[7]
