Gitte Aaen
{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
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| name = Gitte Aaen
| fullname = Gitte Aaen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Frederikshavn, Denmark
| death_date =
| nationality = Danish
| height = 167 cm
| position = Left Wing
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Strandby/Elling IF
| youthclubs2 = Sindal IF
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2002
| clubs1 = Sindal IF
| years2 = 2002–2006
| clubs2 = Frederikshavn Fox
| years3 = 2006–2010
| clubs3 = Viborg HK
| years4 = 2010
| clubs4 = FC Midtjylland Håndbold
| years5 = 2010–2012
| clubs5 = Randers HK
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2010
| nationalteam1 = Denmark
| nationalcaps1 = 36
| nationalgoals1 = 101
| ntupdate = 7 December 2010
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Gitte Aaen (born 7 November 1981) is a Danish former handballer. She won the Champions League with Viborg in 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.vhk.dk/liga/liga.php?profilID=136 |title=Profile: Gitte Aaen |publisher=Viborg Håndbold Klub A/S |language=Danish |accessdate=2009-06-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205155812/http://vhk.dk/liga/liga.php?profilID=136 |archivedate=5 February 2009 }} and 2010.
Career
She started playing Handball at the age of 5 at Strandby/Elling IF, before switching to Frederikshavn fI. While playing in Frederikshavn, she took an education as a nurse.
At the age of 20 in 2006 she switched to Viborg HK,{{cite web|url=https://nordjyske.dk/artikel/10/5/5/1919509/3/l%E6s%20artikel|title=Gitte Aaen til Viborg HK|publisher=Nordjyske Stiftstidende}} one of the most successful clubs in Denmark. She had an initial contract of 3 years, which was extended only a year after by an additional year.{{cite web|url=http://sporten-dyn.tv2.dk/article.php/id-9756213:viborg-forl%C3%A6nger-med-gitte-aaen.html|title=Viborg forlænger med Gitte Aaen|publisher=TV2 Sporten}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} With Viborg HK she won the EHF Champions League twice in 2009 and 2010 as well as the Danish League 3 times.
In the Spring of 2010, she was informed that her contract would not be extended past 2010, so she signed with the Austrian club Hypo Niederösterreich.{{cite web|url=https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/article/20100504/SPORTVSF/100509905 |title=VHK-profil på plads i Hypo|publisher=Viborg Folkeblad}} She did however never join the club, as they changed managers, and canceled all contracts initiated by the former manager Gunnar Prokop.{{cite web|url=https://politiken.dk/sport/haandbold/art4971139/Gitte-Aaen-sl%C3%A6ber-%C3%B8strigsk-klub-i-retten |title=Gitte Aaen slæber østrigsk klub i retten|publisher=Politiken}}
Instead she played as an amateur for the Danish club FC Midtjylland,{{cite web|url=http://sporten-dyn.tv2.dk/article.php/id-32726328:gitte-aaen-forts%C3%A6tter-som-amat%C3%B8r.html|title=Gitte Aaen fortsætter som amatør|publisher=TV2 Sporten}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} before signing a 3-year contract with Randers HK.{{cite web|url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/gitte-aaen-til-randers-hk-0 |title=Gitte Aaen til Randers HK|publisher=BT |date=2010-10-03 |access-date=2024-10-23}} After two years, in 2012, Randers HK however used an option to cancel the contract, citing as the reason, that they could not afford to pay for two left wing players, and they preferred Mie Augustesen.{{cite web|url=http://sporten.tv2.dk/haandbold/article.php/id-46599101:randers-derfor-dropper-vi-aaen.html|title=Randers: Derfor dropper vi Aaen|publisher=TV2 Sporten|access-date=16 January 2024|archive-date=9 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022508/http://sporten.tv2.dk/haandbold/article.php/id-46599101:randers-derfor-dropper-vi-aaen.html|url-status=dead}}
She debuted for the Danish national team on June 14th, 2003 versus Iceland.{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/statistik/spillere/180587|publisher=Danish Handball Federation|title=Gitte Aaen|access-date=28 February 2025}} She was at her first major international tournament in 2008. In 2010 she was initially left out of the squad, but due to injuries she played twice 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.
Achievements
- Damehåndboldligaen:
- Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010
- Landspokalturneringen:
- Winner: 2006, 2007, 2008
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2009, 2010
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830144508/http://www.randershk.dk/5.-Gitte-Aaen-3079.aspx Profile on Randers HK official website]
{{Randers HK squad}}
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Category:Danish female handball players
Category:Sportspeople from Frederikshavn