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Karin Mortensen

1977 - Today

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Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament. She retired from the national team in September 2012 after the 2012 Olympics. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karin Mortensen is the 303rd most popular handball player (up from 333rd in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 933rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Danish Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Karin Mortensen ranks 303 out of 420. Before her are Nathalie Hagman, Renato Sulić, Rafael Capote, Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Gøril Snorroeggen, and Jakov Gojun. After her are Marija Jovanović, Ivan Ninčević, Denis Špoljarić, Jonas Larholm, Ángel Fernández Pérez, and Nely Carla Alberto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Karin Mortensen ranks 993. Before her are Dally Randriantefy, Narita Takaki, Akiva Schaffer, Jane Monheit, Leszek Blanik, and Beau Willimon. After her are Jan-Michael Gambill, Jun Uchida, Daisuke Nakaharai, Sonja Aldén, César Augusto Ramírez, and Daisuke Sudo.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Karin Mortensen ranks 905 out of 1,032. Before her are Morten Green (1981), Frederik Sørensen (1992), Mohamed Daramy (2002), Michael Gravgaard (1978), Lasse Vibe (1987), and Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989). After her are Yahya Hassan (1995), Peter Løvenkrands (1980), Rasmus Quist Hansen (1980), Peter Regin (1986), Annika Langvad (1984), and Rikke Skov (1980).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Denmark

Among handball players born in Denmark, Karin Mortensen ranks 29. Before her are Jesper Nøddesbo (1980), Michael Damgaard (1990), Morten Olsen (1984), Lasse Andersson (1994), Kevin Møller (1989), and Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989). After her are Rikke Skov (1980), Kasper Søndergaard (1981), Mads Christiansen (1986), Louise Bager Due (1982), Magnus Saugstrup (1996), and Lasse Boesen (1979).

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