Rikke Hørlykke

Rikke Hørlykke Bruun Jørgensen (born 2 May 1976) is a Danish former team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1][2] Additionally she won the European Championship 2002, and the Danish league and EHF Champions League in 2004.

FullnameRikke Hørlykke Bruun Jørgensen

Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976 (age 50)

Vejle, Denmark

Spouse

Klavs Bruun Jørgensen

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(m. 2000)​

Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)

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Rikke Hørlykke

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Full name	Rikke Hørlykke Bruun Jørgensen
Born	(1976-05-02) 2 May 1976 (age 50) Vejle, Denmark
Spouse	Klavs Bruun Jørgensen ​ ​ (m. 2000)​
Handball career Personal information Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Centre back Senior clubs Years Team – Ballerup HK – Værløse HK 0000–1998 Virum-Sorgenfri HK 1998–1999 TV Lützellinden 1999–2001 Frederiksberg IF 2001–2004 GOG 2004–2006 Slagelse FH 2011 Frederiksberg IF 2012–2013 Virum-Sorgenfri HK National team Years Team Apps (Gls) 2000–2005 Denmark 125 (234)
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team European Championship 2002 Denmark Team 2004 Hungary Team

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At club level she played for a long list of clubs around Copenhagen, including Virum-Sorgenfri HK, Værløse HK, Ballerup HK and Frederiksberg IF. She also played for the German club TV Lützellinden in the 1998–99 season.^[3] Here she won the DHB-Pokal. From 2001 to 2004 she played for GOG Håndbold, followed by Slagelse DT before retiring in 2006 due to pregnancy.^[4] In 2011 she made a comeback for FIF.^[5] In January 2012 she rejoined Virum-Sorgenfri HK and helped them getting promoted to the Danish 1st Division.^[6] She retired for a second time after the 2012–13 season.

In 2000, she married the handball player Klavs Jørgensen.^[7] After her playing career she has worked as a TV-show host and as a personal trainer.^[8]