Mette Vestergaard

{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1975)}}

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{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Mette Vestergaard

| full_name = Mette Vestergaard Larsen

| image =

| caption =

| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Taastrup, Denmark

| height = 172 cm

| weight =

| position = Right back

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1982–1992

| youthclubs1 = Rødovre HK

| years1 = 1992–1994

| clubs1 = Rødovre HK

| years2 = 1994–2002

| clubs2 = FIF Håndbold

| years3 = 2002–2006

| clubs3 = FCK Håndbold

| years4 = 2006–2013

| clubs4 = Lyngby HK

| nationalyears1 = 1995–2005

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 181

| nationalgoals1 = 519

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's handball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | Team competition }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition |European Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Denmark | Team competition}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Denmark | Team competition}}

{{MedalSilver | 1998 Netherlands | Team competition}}

}}

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[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 12 February 2008) and 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 12 February 2008)

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.{{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=19 February 2009 }}

Between 2015 and 2020 she was part of the staff around the Danish Women's National Team.{{cite web | url=http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2015/Maj/mette_vestergaard_i_ny_landsholdsrolle | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709012027/http://www.dhf.dk/Presse/nyheder/2015/Maj/mette_vestergaard_i_ny_landsholdsrolle | archive-date=9 July 2016 | title=Mette Vestergaard i ny landsholdsrolle – DHF }}

She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/legendary-players-enter-the-hall-of-fame-of-european-handball/ |publisher=European Handball Federation|website=eurohandball.com|title=LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=27 June 2023}}