Mette Vestergaard

Mette Vestergaard Larsen (born 27 November 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and coach. During her playing career she became 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.^[2]

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Mette Vestergaard
Personal information
Full name	Mette Vestergaard Larsen
Born	(1975-11-27) 27 November 1975 (age 49) Taastrup, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
Years	Team
1982–1992	Rødovre HK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1992–1994	Rødovre HK
1994–2002	FIF Håndbold
2002–2006	FCK Håndbold
2006–2013	Lyngby HK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2005	Denmark	181	(519)
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition 2004 Athens Team competition European Championship 1996 Denmark Team competition 2002 Denmark Team competition 1998 Netherlands Team competition
Women's handball
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Team competition
	2004 Athens	Team competition
European Championship
	1996 Denmark	Team competition
	2002 Denmark	Team competition
	1998 Netherlands	Team competition
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At club level she never won a trophy, the closest being 2nd place in the Danish league in 1999/2000 with FIF. In the 1995–96 and 2000-01 season she was the topscorer in the Danish top league, Damehåndboldligaen.^[3]

Between 2015 and 2020 she was part of the staff around the Danish Women's National Team.^[4]

She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.^[5]

1. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 12 February 2008)
2. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 12 February 2008)
3. ^ "Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
4. ^ "Mette Vestergaard i ny landsholdsrolle – DHF". Archived from the original on 9 July 2016.
5. ^ "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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