Trine Nielsen

{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1980)}}

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

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Trine Nielsen

| fullname = Trine Skovgaard Nielsen

| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aalborg, Denmark

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = HC Odense (sports director)

| youthclubs1 = Hjortshøj Egå IF

| youthclubs2 = Brabrand IF

| years1 = 1998–2000

| clubs1 = Brabrand IF

| years2 = 2000–2004

| clubs2 = Ikast-Bording EH

| years3 = 2004–2005

| clubs3 = Aalborg DH

| years4 = 2005–2009

| clubs4 = GOG Svendborg TGI

| years5 = 2011–2013

| clubs5 = HC Odense

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2007

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 54

| nationalgoals1 = 87

| manageryears1 = 2022–2025

| managerclubs1 = HC Odense (sports director)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport| Women's handball}}

{{MedalCountry| {{Flagu|Denmark}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Athens| Team competition}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Denmark| Team competition}}

}}

Trine Skovgaard Nielsen ({{nee|Jensen}}, born 16 October 1980) is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and recently sports commentator for TV 2 Denmark. She won 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)

Jensen has been sports commentator for the television channel TV 2 Denmark since 2011, covering handball events as expert. In 2020 she had to stop at TV2 Danmark, when her brother, Jesper Jensen was appointed as the Denmark women's national handball team head coach, and TV2 did not allow their journalists to interview their own family members.{{cite web|title=Trine Nielsen|url=https://europamester.dk/trine-nielsen|publisher=Europamester.dk|language=da}}

She has also worked with sales- and sponsorships and as a part of the Graphical design department at the Danish handball club GOG Håndbold, her former club.{{Cite web|last=Sørensen|first=Karsten|date=2017-06-07|title=Fra GOG til fast på tv |publisher=Fyens Stiftstidende|url=https://fyens.dk/sport/fra-gog-til-fast-paa-tv|access-date=2024-09-02|website=fyens.dk|language=da}} Since 2022 she has worked as Sporting director for Odense Håndbold.{{Cite web|date=2022-06-30|title=Trine Nielsen ansættes i Odense Håndbold|url=https://www.handballtransfer.dk/trine-nielsen-ansaettes-i-odense-haandbold/|access-date=2024-09-02|language=da-DK|publisher=Håndboldtransfer}} After the 2024-25 season she will cease to be the sporting director at Odense, as the club will disband the position.{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-03-11-skuffet-trine-nielsen-stopper-i-odense-haandbold|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|title=Skuffet Trine Nielsen stopper i Odense Håndbold|date=11 March 2025|access-date=12 March 2025|author=Mads Artmann Haugaard|language=da}}

She is a sister of the former Danish handball player and acting handball coach, Jesper Jensen. Her mother played for the Danish club Vejlby-Risskov Idrætsklub and her father was a handball referee.