Simone Petersen
{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Simone Petersen
| fullname = Simone Cathrine Petersen
| image = 2023-05-13 Handball Frauen, EL Final4 2023, Halbfinale 1, Ikast Handbold - Thüringer HC 1DX 2427 by Stepro.jpg
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|8|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ringsted, Denmark
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Centre back
| currentclub = Ikast Håndbold
| clubnumber = 8
| years1 =
| clubs1 = TMS Ringsted
| years2 =
| clubs2 = BK Ydun
| years3 = 2014–2017
| clubs3 = FC Midtjylland Håndbold
| years4 = 2017–2019
| clubs4 = Aarhus United
| years5 = 2019–2020
| clubs5 = TuS Metzingen
| clubs6 = Ikast Håndbold
| years6 = 2020–
| nationalyears1 = 2021–
| nationalteam1 = Denmark
| nationalcaps1 = 57
| nationalgoals1 = 92
| ntupdate = 4 September 2024
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Spain|}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Spain|}}
}}
Simone Cathrine Petersen (born 28 August 1997) is a Danish handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Danish national team.{{cite web|url=http://eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2016-17/player/558634/Simone+Cathrine+Petersen|title=Simone Cathrine Petersen Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=4 August 2017}}{{cite web|title=Portræt: Simone Petersen - vil være verdens bedste|url=http://www.fcm-haandbold.dk/nyheder/klubben/portraet-simone-petersen-–-vil-vaere-verdens-bedste|accessdate=24 January 2017|website=fcm-haandbold.dk|publisher=fcmhaandbold.dk|language=da}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}} She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/b18ddd17-4cb0-454b-8c86-6624aa5815db/pdf/DEN.PDF|title=Team Roster Denmark|website=ihf.info|date=8 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021}}
She debuted for the Danish national team in 2021 against France. The same year she was at her first major tournament, the 2021 world cup in Spain{{Cite web|last=Busk Stie|first=Hans-Henrik|date=2021-11-02|title=Jesper Jensen har udtaget sin VM-trup|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-11-02-jesper-jensen-har-udtaget-sin-vm-trup|access-date=2024-09-01|website=TV 2|language=da-DK}} where she won a bronze medal.{{Cite web|last=Bruun-Mortensen|first=Lars|date=2021-12-19|title=Otte års medaljetørke er slut: Danmark vinder VM-bronze|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2021-12-19-otte-aars-medaljetoerke-er-slut-danmark-vinder-vm-bronze|access-date=2024-09-01|website=TV 2|language=da-DK}}
Career
Simone Petersen started playing handball in her hometown Ringsted at TMS Ringsted. While she was enrolled at Københavns Idrætsefterskole in Copenhagen she was on the youth team at BK Ydun.
When she returned to Jutland she joined FC Midtjylland Håndbold, where she debuted in the Danish league at the age of 17. The 14–15 season was especially a prolific season, where she won both the junior and senior Danish Cup and league, as well as the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and won the European Youth Championship with the Danish U-19 national team.
In 2017 she joined the recently created Aarhus United, where she quickly became one of the key players.{{Cite web|last=Markussen|first=Maria Høllsberg|date=2017-06-18|title=FCM-stortalent: Det var ventetiden værd at satse på Aarhus United|url=https://stiften.dk/sport/fcm-stortalent-det-var-ventetiden-vaerd-at-satse-paa-aarhus-united|access-date=2024-09-01|website=Århus Stiftstidende|language=da}} In her first season at the club she won bronze medals in the Danish cup, beating her old club FC Midtjylland in the third place play-off.{{Cite web|last=Otte|first=Mads|date=30 December 2017|title=Aarhus United snupper overraskende pokalbronze|url=https://www.tv2ostjylland.dk/aarhus/aarhus-united-snupper-overraskende-pokalbronze|access-date=2024-09-01|website=TV 2|language=da}}
In 2019 she joined the German Bundesliga side TuS Metzingen for a single season before returning to FC Midtjylland Håndbold.{{Cite web|last=Madsen|first=Mads O.|date=2020-07-10|title=Simone Petersen vender hjem til Herning-Ikast Håndbold|url=https://hbold.dk/2020/07/10/simone-petersen-vender-hjem-til-herning-ikast-haandbold/|access-date=2024-09-01|website=Hbold.dk|language=da}}
References
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External links
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{{Denmark squad 2021 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2022 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 2023 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, Simone Cathrine}}
Category:Sportspeople from Ringsted
Category:Danish female handball players
Category:Handball players from Region Zealand