Mette Gravholt

{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1984)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Mette Gravholt

| image =

| fullname = Mette Bjørholm Gravholt

| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Egtved, Denmark

| height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}}

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = Fredericia HK

| clubnumber = 6

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2008

| clubs1 = Roar Roskilde

| years2 = 2008

| clubs2 = Slagelse FH

| years3 = 2008–2010

| clubs3 = Roar Roskilde

| years4 = 2010–2014

| clubs4 = Team Tvis Holstebro

| years5 = 2014–2015

| clubs5 = Viborg HK

| years6 = 2015–2017

| clubs6 = Nykøbing Falster HK

| years7 = 2017–2018

| clubs7 = Neckarsulmer SU

| years8 = 2018

| clubs8 = Team Esbjerg

| years9 = 2018

| clubs9 = Fredericia HK

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2016

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 53

| nationalgoals1 = 131

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Serbia|}}

}}

Mette Gravholt (born 12 December 1984) is a retired Danish handball player who played for Fredericia HK and Danish national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/536129|title=Mette Gravholt|publisher=eurohandball.com|accessdate=4 December 2012}}

In the 2011-12 season she was the topscorer in the Danish top 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 }}

At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking a 9 year streak without medals for the Danish team. They beat Poland 30-26.{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2013-12-22-forbandelsen-er-brudt-danmark-vinder-bronze|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=Forbandelsen er brudt: Danmark vinder bronze|date=22 December 2013|access-date=5 March 2025|language=da}}

Gravholt is openly lesbian. She met Betina Lambæk, with whom she has a son Matteo who was born via ivf in 2017. The couple got married in July 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2017-02-06-gravholt-er-blevet-mor-mulle-er-onkel|title=Gravholt er blevet mor - 'Mulle' er onkel - TV 2|date=6 February 2017}}

Soon after her wedding, Gravholt announced her retirement as a professional handball player, and started a new job at a primary school in Kolding, where she works as a 1st grade teacher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seoghoer.dk/nyheder/blev-gift-tidligere-paa-maaneden-nu-bliver-karrieren-lagt-paa-hylden|title = Blev gift tidligere på måneden, nu bliver karrieren lagt på hylden| date=31 July 2018 }}