Gitte Madsen
{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Gitte Madsen
| nationality = Danish
| full_name = Gitte Madsen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|3|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Herning, Denmark
| height = 174 cm
| position = Multiple Positions
| years1 = 1990-1991
| clubs1 = Horsens HK ({{Flag|Denmark}})
| years2 = 1991-1995
| clubs2 = Bækkelagets SK ({{Flag|Norway}})
| years3 = 1995-1997
| clubs3 = DHG Odense ({{Flag|Denmark}})
| years4 = 1997-1998
| clubs4 = GOG ({{Flag|Denmark}})
| years5 = 1998-2000
| clubs5 = Bækkelagets SK ({{Flag|Norway}})
| nationalyears1 = 1991-1998
| nationalteam1 = Denmark
| nationalcaps1 = 120
| nationalgoals1 = 288
| manageryears1 = 2019-2022
| managerclubs1 = Norway U-18
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Women's handball}}
{{MedalCountry| {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1996 Atlanta| Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|1993 Norway| }}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Austria and Hungary| }}
{{MedalGold| 1997 Germany|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship|Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1996 Denmark|Team}}
}}
Gitte Madsen (born 24 March 1969 in Herning, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208105249/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN|date=2007-12-08 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) With the danish national team, she has also won both the World Championship and European Championship.
Club career
Madsen played for Horsens HK until 1991. In her last season at the club, in 1990-91 she was the top scorer in the Danish league.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1711.htm |title=Topscorere siden 1965 - Damer |date=9 July 2008 |publisher=Danish Handball Federation |language=da |access-date=15 March 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219005613/http://www.dhf.dk/composite-1711.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }} For the 1991-92 she switched to Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK where she played for 3 years. Here she won the Norwegian league in 1992 and in 1994 with the club.
In 1994 she returned to Danish handball to play for first DHG Håndbold followed by GOG Håndbold. She returned as the last stop of her career to Bækkelagets SK, where she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 as well as her third Norwegian league title.{{Cite web|date=1999-05-08|title=Gitte Madsen er friskmeldt|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/gitte-madsen-er-friskmeldt/65520829|access-date=2024-08-29|website=Dagbladet|language=no}} Her career ended in 2000 after suffering three separate Spinal disc herniations within 6 months.{{Cite web|last=Nicolaisen|first=Jens|date=2000-05-06|title=Gitte Madsen: Det er slut|url=https://www.bt.dk/sport/gitte-madsen-det-er-slut|access-date=2024-08-29|website=BT|language=da}}
Coaching Career
From 2019 to 2022 she acted as the Norwegian U-18 coach together with Kristine Lunde.{{Cite web|last=Madsen|first=Mads O.|date=2019-08-17|title=Gitte Madsen og Kristine Lunde bliver ungdomslandstrænere i Norge|url=https://europamester.dk/gitte-madsen-og-kristine-lunde-bliver-ungdomslandstraenere-i-norge|access-date=2024-08-29|website=Europamester|language=da}}
References
- {{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/gitte-madsen-1.html|title=Gitte Madsen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519162236/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/gitte-madsen-1.html|archive-date=2011-05-19|url-status=dead}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Denmark squad 1993 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1995 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 1996 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1997 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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Category:Danish female handball players
Category:Danish handball coaches
Category:Female handball coaches
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
Category:Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Herning Municipality