Josephine Touray
{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Josephine Touray
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| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Aarhus, Denmark
| height = 165 cm
| weight = 57 kg
| position = Right wing
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = Viborg HK
| years2 = 1998–2003
| clubs2 = Kolding IF
| years3 = 2003–2005
| clubs3 = Ikast-Bording Elitehåndbold
| years4 = 2005–2008
| clubs4 = FC København Håndbold
| years5 = 2008–2010
| clubs5 = SK Aarhus
| years6 = 2010–2012
| clubs6 = Frederiksberg IF
| years7 = 2013
| clubs7 = København Håndbold
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2008
| nationalteam1 = Denmark
| nationalcaps1 = 123
| nationalgoals1 = 383
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's handball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{Flagu|Denmark}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition |European Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Denmark | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Hungary | Team}}
}}
Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion of Gambian descent. She played mainly as a right wing. Over the course of her career she played 123 games for the Danish national team, where she scored 383 goals. She played for the clubs: Bjerringbro KFUM, Viborg HK, KIF Kolding, Ikast-Bording EH, FCK Håndbold, Frederiksberg IF and SK Aarhus, all in Denmark. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)
Career
Touray started her playing career at Bjerringbro before joining the Danish top club Viborg HK. Here she won the Danish league and the EHF-Cup in 1999.{{cite web | url=https://stiften.dk/navne/rejsende-i-haandbold-og-medaljer | title=Rejsende i håndbold og medaljer |publisher=Aarhus Stiftstidende|website=stiften.dk | date=30 May 2009|language=da|trans-title=Traveller in handball and medals}}
In 2004 with Ikast-Bording EH she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
In 2005 she joined FC København Håndbold to better balance the handball career with her law-studies.
In April 2008 she decided to cancel her contract with FC København Håndbold, due to concerns over playing time. At the time of the transfer, she had not taken the field since october 2007. She joined league rivals SK Århus.
She decided to retire in 2009 after struggling with injuries for a long period.{{cite web | url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/handbold/article4148272.ece | title=Josephine Touray stopper karrieren | date=28 May 2009 |publisher=Jyllands-Posten|language=da|trans-title=Josephine Touray ends her career}} In 2010 she did however come out of retirement to join Copenhagen based Frederiksberg IF, where she played as a part time handballer.{{cite web | url=https://stiften.dk/navne/josephine-touray-31-aar | title=Josephine Touray - 31 år|publisher=Aarhus Stiftstidende|website=stiften.dk| date=6 October 2010 |language=da|trans-title=Josephine Touray - 31 years old}}
Post-handball career
Simultaniously with her playing career, Touray studied Law. After she retired she has been involved in various charity organisation. First in FANT – Football for a new tomorrow, an organisation supporting sports in developing countries{{cite web | url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/bts-julekalender-4-dec-josephine-touray-har-faaet-et-nyt-liv-jeg-savner-at | title=B.T.s julekalender – 4. Dec.: Josephine Touray har fået et nyt liv: 'Jeg savner at spille foran 10.000 mennesker' | date=4 December 2021|publisher=B.T.|language=da|trans-title=B.T.s Christmas calendar - December 4th: Josephine Touray has a new life: "I do miss playing in front of 10,000 spectators}} and Hej-Fonden, an organisation against bullying, which has involved numerous former and current Danish handball players, including Mikkel Hansen and Mie Højlund.{{cite web | url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/josephine-touray-scorer-nyt-job-er-ny-direktoer-for-hej-fonden | title=Josephine Touray scorer nyt job: Er ny direktør for Hej Fonden | date=November 2023 |publisher=B.T.|language=da|trans-title=Josephine Touray in new job: Is new director of 'Hej Fonden'}}
References
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{{Denmark squad 2005 World Women's Handball Championship}}
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Category:Danish female handball players
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
Category:Danish people of Gambian descent
Category:Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics